OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #630103
FOSTER FORBES GLASS
MILLVILLE, NJ·
Event description
CAUGHT BETWEEN MOVING PARTS OF A SCREW CONVEYOR
Investigation abstract
A STEEL DIAMOND FLOOR PLATE WAS NOT SECURED IN PLACE ATOP A RAW MATERIAL SCREW C ONVEYOR. AN ELECTRICAL MECHANIC EMPLOYEE, WHILE ENGAGED IN MAINTENANCE OF AN ELE CTRIC MICRO DEVICE (BINDICATOR), LOCATED ADJACENT TO AN OPEN SCREW CONVEYOR, CAU GHT HIS RIGHT FOOT IN THE AUGER OF THE CONVEYOR. HIS RIGHT LEG WAS AMPUTATED NEA R THE HIP.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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