OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #894667
ASPHYXIATED,HEMORRHAGE,WORK RULES,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CONVEYOR,NIP POINT
Event description
Employee killed when caught between drum rollers
Investigation abstract
Between 5:50 a.m. and 6:34 a.m. on November 30, 1989, Employee #1 was cleaning s stained avulsion of skin and body tissue with hemorrhaging in these areas. crap paper from beneath an operating conveyor belt. He was squatting under the c onveyor, which was approximately 20 1/2 in. from the floor. The site-designed as sembly conveyor, which was built by Cranston Machinery Co., Inc., Oak Grove, OR, had a 60 in. wide belt and a pinch point of 1 in. When Employee #1 started to f eed in some paper, he apparently caught his right hand between the two drum roll ers and was pulled into the machine. He was pulled into the conveyor up to his u pper right shoulder and chest until automatic sensors shut off the machine, whic h appeared to be jammed. Employee #1 died of mechanical asphyxiation; he also su
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 878
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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