OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221386444
FAZTEC INDUSTRIES
STATEN ISLAND, NY·
Event description
Employee is electrocuted under discharge belt
Investigation abstract
At 1:40 p.m. on August 27, 2021, a new employee was training, shadowing another departed with the employee, who was pronounced dead at the hospital. employee at a discharge belt while cleaning the area under conveyor belt when he was seen by a coworker, an equipment operator, to be face down under the belt. The coworker machine operator called on the radio to notify other workers and management of the situation. A coworker hit the emergency stop cable and terminated power to system and immediately went to check on the employee and found him unresponsive due to apparent electrocution. Management notified emergency services, responded to the location, and attempted to render chest compressions until emergency services arrived. Emergency services took over and
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Event type
- 13
- Occupation code
- 889
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