OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221420904

K&W MATERIALS AND RECYCLING, LLC

WEST SPRINGFIELD, MA· 2021-12-18T00:00:00

Event: Back, Belt Conveyor, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Clearing, Conveyor, Debris, Energized, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Floor, Leg, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Start Button
NAICS: 423930
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345695308
Employer profile: K&W MATERIALS AND RECYCLING, LLC
Summary number: 221420904
Report ID: 0112600

Event description

Employee injures leg and back in fall from conveyor

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on December 18, 2021, an employee was standing on the sort line conveyor machine to clean debris off of the magnet without the machine energy sources being isolated and locked out. When a coworker turned on the machine, the employee fell to the floor and suffered an unspecified injury to legs and back that required hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 63 M

Event type
5

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