OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221386279

QUALITY SERVICE INTEGRITY

EAGLE GROVE, IA· 2021-08-25T00:00:00

Event: Arm, Belt Conveyor, Blade, Caught By, Cleaning, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Entangled, Janitor, Laceration, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Nerve damage, Pinch Point, Pinched, Rotating Parts, Rotating Shaft, Scraper, Tear
NAICS: 561720
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345502439
Employer profile: QUALITY SERVICE INTEGRITY
Summary number: 221386279
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee lacerates, tears arm when caught in incline conveyo

Investigation abstract

At 2:10 a.m. on August 25, 2021, an employee working for a janitorial service was working in the vicinity of the Frontmatic Q500 Tender Trim Incline Conveyor Belt. The conveyor was located at the south end of the Tender Trim line. As the employee was working, he became entangled in the rotating shaft/scraper blade. The employee was hospitalized to treat a lacerated right arm with associated muscle, tendon, nerve and bone damage.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
0

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