OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170253397

CLOTHING,FRACTURE,ABDOMEN,ROTATING SHAFT,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,LACERATION,SHAFT,ARM

1990-03-13T00:00:00

Event: CLOTHING,FRACTURE,ABDOMEN,ROTATING SHAFT,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,LACERATION,SHAFT,ARM
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 170253397
Report ID: 1055340

Event description

Employee injured when caught in rotating shaft

Investigation abstract

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on March 12, 1990, Employee #1 was sorting and stacki ng lumber at the green chain area of a mill. He noticed that scrap lumber had fa llen into the middle of the green chain and went to remove it without shutting o ff the chain. Employee #1 was leaning over the unguarded rotating shaft to remov e the scrap wood when two bolts protruding from the shaft caught his shirt and p ulled him in. He sustained a severe fracture to the humerus of his right arm, la cerations to his abdomen, legs, and right armpit, and the loss of hair from behi nd his right ear.

Victim

#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 36 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
22

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
733

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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