OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #947127
WORK RULES,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,ABRASION,CONVEYOR,ARM,CONVEYOR BELT,CONTUSION
Event description
Employee injured when arm caught in conveyor belt
Investigation abstract
At approximately 10:05 on August 9, 1989, Employee #1 was chipping deposits off ignaled his helper to turn the conveyor on. Most of the dislodged particles fell off but some remained on the roller. Employee #1 tried to reach in to tap the c linging particles with the conveyor in motion. In doing so, the claw hammer he w as using became caught between the belt and the roller. Before he could let go, his right arm was caught between the belt and roller and was almost pulled off a t the elbow. He consequently fell out of the loader bucket to the ground and rec eived contusions and abrasions in addition to the severely injured right arm. the bottom roller of the recycle belt weight in an asphalt manufacturing plant. The 12-inch roller was 8 feet 7 inches off the ground and Employee #1 was standi ng in the raised, 3-cubic yard bucket of a rubber-tire loader. The recycle belt was 3/8-inch thick. Approximately 22 feet south of Employee #1, the disconnect s witch for the recycle belt was being manned by a fellow employee. Employee #1 wo uld clean the exposed areas of the roller with the conveyor off, then signal his helper to turn on the conveyor to throw off the dislodged particles and expose more uncleaned portions of the roller. Just prior to the accident, Employee #1 s
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 22
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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