OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673335
BECK EXCAVATING, INC.
ALGONA, IA·
Event description
Employee's arm amputated when caught between pulley and belt
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, the operator of a road shouldering machine, was using an open end w rench to clean dirt from a drum pulley about 30 in. by 10 in. diameter. A 30 in. rubber belt on the drum pulley caught the wrench and pulled his arm into the pu lley, amputating it instantly about 2 1/2 in. below the elbow. Employee #1 used poor judgment when he placed his arm between the pulley and belt.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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