OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #691675
SMITHS MANAGEMENT CORP
SLC, UT·
Event description
Employee's arm fractured when caught in conveyor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a maintenance worker, used a Yale stock picker lift, serial #SS030B AN-24ST111, #N442438, to elevate himself 25 ft to listen to a noise coming from a conveyor motor. He was tied off with a lanyard and safety belt. While standing on the stock picker, Employee #1 lost his balance and threw his right arm in th e air. When it came down, it contacted the underside of the running conveyor bel t and motor roller, resulting in multiple fractures. Lockout was not needed beca use Employee #1 did not intend to actually perform maintenance work or to make a ny adjustments. He was protected from additional injuries because he used his sa fety belt and lanyard.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 518
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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