Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221456973

RECYCLED BASE MATERIALS, INC.

Event
Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Caught In, Conveyor, Rotating Parts, Unguarded
NAICS
327999
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345910442
Employer profile
RECYCLED BASE MATERIALS, INC.
Summary number
221456973
Report ID
0950635

Event description

Employee dies after making contact with moving parts of conv

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on April 13, 2022, an employee was shoveling material that was collecting at the base of a conveyor system away from it to prevent it from making contact with the conveyor system. For reasons unknown, the employee appears to have been underneath the rear portion of the Jaw Crusher's conveyor system. The conveyor system was unguarded at the time of the accident, and the employee made contact with moving parts of the conveyor system. The employee amputated his right arm, and died a few days later.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 23 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    768

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