OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14350631
ROBINSON FOUNDRY INC
ALEXANDER CITY, AL—
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED IN BUCKET ELEVATOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS A REGULAR MUELLER OPERATOR. HIS DUTIES INVOLVED THE PREPARATION RTER CIRCUIT. POWER WAS CONSEQUENTLY CUT TO THE ELEVATOR. THE ACCIDENT NEVER WOU LD HAVE OCCURRED IF THE ELEVATOR HAD BEEN LOCKED AND TAGGED OUT PRIOR TO THE CLE ANING PROCESS. AND DISTRIBUTION OF GREEN SAND FOR USE IN THE MOLD-MAKING DEPARTMENT OF THE FOUN DRY. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD REMOVED ONE OF THE DOORS ON THE BUCKET ELEVATOR IN ORDER TO DO SOME CLEANING. THE BUCKET ELEVATOR TRANSFERS PREPARED SAND FROM THE BIN TO T HE DISTRIBUTION BELT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON THE FLOOR, USING SOME TYPE OF TOOL TO CLEAN THE ELEVATOR. AT THIS TIME, THE ELEVATOR BECAME ENERGIZED AND BEGA N TO MOVE. THE TOOL, ALONG WITH EMPLOYEE #1, WAS PULLED INTO THE ELEVATOR. EMPLO YEE #1 WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH. WHEN HE WAS DRAWN INTO THE ELEVATOR, EMPLOYEE #1'S BODY WAS PULLED AROUND THE ELEVATOR PULLEY, CAUSING AN OVERLOAD IN THE MOTOR STA
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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