OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14563175
CHAIN,FRACTURE,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CONVEYOR,SPROCKET,ARM,NIP POINT,UNGUARDED
Event description
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT IN UNGUARDED CHAIN AND SPROCKET OF CONVEYOR
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 12 NOON ON MARCH 10, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A TIME SAVER VERTICAL E POWER OFF AND THE ROLLERS WERE COASTING TO A STOP. EMPLOYEE #1 REMAINED WITH H IS ARM CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR BELT FEED ROLLERS FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES. HE WAS FREED BY THE EMERGENCY SQUAD AND WAS TAKEN TO THE NASSAU COUNTY MEDICAL CEN TER, WHERE HE WAS OPERATED ON FOR A FRACTURED LEFT RADIUS AND ULNA. HE WAS ALSO KEPT UNDER OBSERVATION FOR POSSIBLE COMPARTMENT SYNDROME. BELT SANDING MACHINE. THE MACHINE (SERIAL # 4059, MODEL TB 152-2) WAS MANUFACTUR ED BY TIMESAVER INC. THE EMPLOYEE HAD JUST FINISHED FEEDING A 4 BY 10 FOOT SHEET OF STAINLESS STEEL SHEET METAL INTO THE FEED ROLLERS OF THE CONVEYOR BELT FOR T HE BELT SANDING OPERATION. HE WAS STANDING NEXT TO THE IN-RUNNING FEED ROLLERS W HEN HE DROPPED HIS GLOVES INTO THE FEED ROLLERS. HE INSTINCTIVELY REACHED INTO T HE FEED ROLLERS WITH HIS LEFT HAND TO RETRIEVE HIS GLOVES AND CAUGHT HIS SHIRT S LEEVE IN THE UNGUARDED SPROCKET AND CHAIN DRIVE FOR THE BELT CONVEYOR. HIS ARM W AS PULLED INTO THE IN-RUNNING FEED ROLLER. THE MACHINE OPERATOR HAD JUST SHUT TH
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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