OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #818641

ROLLER--MACH/PART,CRUSHED,CONVEYOR BELT,UNGUARDED,CONTUSION

1989-11-09T00:00:00

Event: ROLLER--MACH/PART,CRUSHED,CONVEYOR BELT,UNGUARDED,CONTUSION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 818641
Report ID: 418800

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BY CONVEYOR BELT ROLLERS

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was caught between the rollers and the belt of a conveyor system and crushed to death. There were no guards over the rollers.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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