OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #828558

CALDWELLS DES MOINES BARREL INC.

DES MOINES, IA· 1987-03-27T00:00:00

Event: BELT, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, THUMB, LOCKOUT, NIP POINT, PULLEY
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101937423
Employer profile: CALDWELLS DES MOINES BARREL INC.
Summary number: 828558
Report ID: 751910

Event description

EMPLOYEE CAUGHT THUMB BETWEEN BELT AND PULLEY

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ADJUSTING A BELT WITH THE MOTOR AND PULLEY STILL RUNNING. THE EM PLOYEE WAS WEARING GLOVES WHICH WERE CAUGHT BY THE BELT, PULLING HIS HAND INTO T HE NIP POINT BETWEEN THE BELT AND PULLEY.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 57 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
10

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
519

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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