OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14562276
FELL ASLEEP,ASPHYXIATED,WORK RULES,CRUSHED,CONVEYOR BELT
Event description
Employee crushed to death between metal chute and conveyor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had finished unloading scrap newspapers from a conveyor onto a trail er truck that was parked outside of Bay #28. He apparently lay down on a conveyo r belt inside the newspaper loading room by Bay #29 to take a nap. As he lay on the belt, the pneumatic metal chute, which was remotely activated by a computeri zed system, lowered and crushed him. He died of asphyxia caused by compression.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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