OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691402
SALT LAKE BY PRODUCTS INC.
WEST JORDAN, UT·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between chain & idler sprocket
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was hanging hides on a hook and chain conveyor. When he took a break , he had only four hides left to hang. Apparently when Employee #1 returned to w ork, a hide fell inside the conveyor hook rail. He went into a restricted area t o retrieve the hide, then attempted to hang the hide on the hook from inside the restricted area. Employee #1 became caught in the chain and idler sprocket. He died of compressional asphyxia. The hide hook was at the conveyor and Employee # 1 could have used it to retrieve the fallen hide.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 488
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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