OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #828871
CHEST,FRACTURE,MAINTENANCE,BELT,ROLLER--CONST EQUIP,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CONVEYOR,FALL,FOUNDRY
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED WHEN CAUGHT IN A DISTRIBUTION CONVEYOR
Investigation abstract
On October 16, 1989, Employee #1, who was a maintenance worker, walked up the ru nway, along the side of the incline conveyor. The equipment involved was the Gre en Sand Belt Conveyor System in a foundry. It consisted of a mullet, an incline belt conveyor, and a distribution belt conveyor overhead. The distribution conve yor had plugged with sand. When Employee #1 reached the top, he fell into the di stribution conveyor and got caught between the rollers and the belt. Employee #1 sustained fatal chest injuries. This belt conveyor system had been installed in 1976 and had never been provided with guarding of the moving machinery.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 518
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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