OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14385322
SEARS MIDWESTERN FASHION MERCHANDISE CENTER
CHICAGO, IL—
Event description
CAUGHT FOOT BETWEEN MOVING CONVEYOR ROLLERS
Investigation abstract
ON JUNE 7, 1984, AT 2:30, AN OVERHEAD STURDY-BILT BELT CONVEYOR BECAME JAMMED WI TH BOXED MATERIAL. THE JAM TRIGGERED AN ELECTRIC EYE, WHICH STOPPED THE CONVEYOR . EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED ONTO THE CONVEYOR AND REMOVED THE JAM. THE ELECTRIC EYE RE ACTIVATED THE CONVEYOR, WHICH CAUGHT THE EMPLOYEE'S FOOT AND LEG BETWEEN A POWER ROLLER AND TWO IDLER ROLLERS. THIS ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED IF A PROP ER LOCKOUT PROCEDURE HAD BEEN USED BEFORE THE EMPLOYEE STEPPED ONTO THE CONVEYOR , OR IF A POLE HAD BEEN USED TO CLEAR THE JAM.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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