OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14549786
BELT,WORK RULES,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,CONVEYOR,NIP POINT,PULLEY,CONVEYOR BELT
Event description
EMPLOYEE CLEANING CONVEYOR BELT; CAUGHT & CRUSHED IN BELT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, A UTILITY OPERATOR, DESCENDED INTO THE #1 CONVEYOR PIT TO REMOVE SO ME COKE LUMPS WHICH HAD BECOME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE CONVEYOR BELT AND THE TAIL PUL LEY. HE USED A 3 FOOT SECTION OF 3/4 INCH PIPE TO KNOCK THE LUMPS FREE. HE WAS C AUGHT AND PULLED INTO THE BELT. HIS UPPER BODY BECAME JAMMED BETWEEN THE BELT AN D TAIL PULLEY, STALLING THE CONVEYOR. THE CONVEYOR'S POWER SWITCH WAS THEN TURNE D OFF AND THE EMPLOYEE REMOVED (AFTER THE BELT WAS CUT). HE WAS TRANSPORTED TO T HE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD BY THE DOCTOR ON DUTY IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM. THE EMPLOYEE FAILED TO TURN OFF, AND LOCK OUT POWER TO, THE CONVEYOR BELT BEFORE HE ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN OUT THE LUMPS OF COKE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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