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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14543771

REPAIR,ROOF,CONVEYOR,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,INATTENTION

Event
REPAIR,ROOF,CONVEYOR,STRUCK BY,FALLING OBJECT,INATTENTION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14543771
Report ID
317740

Event description

STRUCK BY FALLING CONVEYOR PART

Investigation abstract

MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES WHERE REPAIRING A SCREW CONVEYOR, WHICH WAS LOCATED ON A B UILDING'S ROOF. THEY REPLACED A SECTION OF THE SCREW CONVEYOR. THE EMPLOYEES WER E INSTRUCTED TO CUT THE REPLACED SECTION IN HALF AND THROW THE PIECES OVER THE E DGE OF THE ROOF. JUST AS THEY WERE THROWING A PIECE OF THE CONVEYOR OVER THE EDG E, EMPLOYEE #1 CAME OUT A DOOR LOCATED DIRECTLY UNDER THE FALLING CONVEYOR PIECE . THE PIECE STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, KILLING HIM.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 34 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    3
    Event type
    1
    Source
    28
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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