OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #686477
COAL DUST,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,CONVEYOR,ARM,CONVEYOR BELT
Event description
ARM CAUGHT IN CONVEYOR BELT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN A COAL MIXING BUILDING. THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF CRUS BELT APPROXIMATELY FOUR FEET, CLEANING UNDER THE MOVING BELT, WHEN THE VACUUM N OZZLE WAS PULLED BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND BELT, PULLING THE EMPLOYEE'S ARM INTO TH E ROLLER BELT. HE STATED THAT, EVEN THOUGH THE SJP REQUIRES THAT THE BELT BE STO PPED BEFORE CLEANING, HE COULD NOT LOCK IT OUT BECAUSE THERE WERE NO LOCKS AVAIL ABLE, AND HE HAD BEEN TOLD NOT TO SHUT DOWN DURING THE SHIFT TO CLEAN BELTS. HED COAL ARE BROUGHT INTO THE BUILDING ON CONVEYOR BELTS WHERE THEY ARE MIXED, T HEN STORED IN BATTERY BUNKERS BEFORE THEY ARE DISCHARGED INTO THE COKE OVENS. EV EN THOUGH SKIRTING HAD BEEN PROVIDED TO PREVENT SPILLAGE, THERE APPARENTLY IS SO ME ANYWAY. THE CRUSHED COAL BUILDS UP ON THE BELT TABLE, UNDER THE BELT, AND MUS T BE REMOVED PERIODICALY TO KEEP THE BELT FROM JAMMING. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCID ENT, THE EMPLOYEE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CLEAN THE BELT TABLE ON CONVEYOR #C8 (THE MA IN CONVEYOR IN THE MIXER BUILDING). CONVEYOR C8 HAS A VERY FAST MOVING BELT. EMP LOYEE #1 WAS USING A VACUUM CLEANING SYSTEM. HE STATED THAT HE WAS BACK FROM THE
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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