OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14570642
ELYRIA ASPHALT
ELYRIA, OH·
Event description
CAUGHT BY REVOLVING SHAFT
Investigation abstract
A PART OWNER/OPERATOR OF AN ASPHALT MIXING PLANT HAD ROUTINELY COME TO WORK ABOU T ONE HALF HOUR BEFORE THE OTHER EMPLOYEES TO START UP THE MIXING MACHINE AND OI L SOME OF THE MOVING PARTS. HIS BROTHER, THE MANAGER, HAD JUST ARRIVED AND HEARD HIM YELL. HE RAN TO THE MACHINE AND TURNED IT OFF. THE OWNER HAD GOTTEN HIS CLO THING CAUGHT BY A FLEX COUPLING ON A PUMP MOTOR DRIVE SHAFT. THE UNGUARDED COUPL ING WOUND HIS CLOTHING AND BODY AROUND THE SHAFT, JAMMING HIS BODY INTO A TIGHT SPOT. IT PULLED HIS RIGHT ARM OFF AT THE ELBOW, BROKE ONE LEG AND SEVERAL RIBS A ND PEELED THE SCALP OFF THE LOWER HALF OF THE BACK OF HIS HEAD DOWN INTO THE NEC K. THE INJURIES RESULTED IN HIS BLEEDING TO DEATH BEFORE HE COULD BE FREED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- 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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