Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221453319

HANSEN'S ENVIRONMENTAL WOOD RESOURCES

Event
Caught Between, Cleaning, Conveyor Belt, Crushed, Grinder, Walking Surface
NAICS
561730
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345892970
Employer profile
HANSEN'S ENVIRONMENTAL WOOD RESOURCES
Summary number
221453319
Report ID
0729300

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed between conveyor belt and ma

Investigation abstract

At 4:00 p.m. on April 11, 2022, an employee was cleaning a Vermeer tub grinder at the end of shift. The employee was on a walking surface immediately adjacent to a moving conveyer belt. The employee fell to the belt and was crushed between an approximately 1,500 pound magnetic component and the belt, which had a space of approximately 9 inches between them. The employee was rolled and crushed between the the magnetic component and belt. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 29 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    779

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