OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14455695

INTERSTATE BRICK COMPANY

WEST JORDAN, UT— 1985-05-24T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, DUST, IND TRK OPERATOR, CLEANING, FOREARM, CAUGHT BY, CRUSHED, ARM, PULLEY, CONVEYOR BELT
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #3270204
Employer profile: INTERSTATE BRICK COMPANY
Summary number: 14455695
Report ID: 854910

Event description

ARM CAUGHT IN THE PULLEY OF A CONVEYOR BELT

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WORKS IN THE BRICK PLANT, WAS CLEANING DUST OFF OF THE CONVEYOR BELT ON LINE #1, USING A PUTTY KNIFE. THE BELT CAUGHT AND PULLED HIS ENTIRE RIG HT ARM INTO A PULLEY, FRACTURING THE RIGHT FOREARM IN TWO PLACES. THE CONVEYOR W AS STOPPED JUST AS EMPLOYEE #1'S UPPER ARM WAS CRUSHED. EMPLOYEE #1 IS A FORKLIF T OPERATOR AND HE WAS NOT WORKING AT HIS ASSIGNED TASK AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDE NT.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
2

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
856

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
2

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