OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14457923
MARYLAND REDI MIX INC
JOPPA, MD—
Event description
FINGERS AMPUTATED BY UNGUARDED PULLEY
Investigation abstract
ON 10-12-84 AT 3:00 PM, A YARDMAN WAS IN THE HOPPER AREA AT THE TAIL OF A CONVEY EYOR, CAUSING THE AMPUTATION OF THREE FINGERS OF HIS RIGHT HAND. THE PULLEY IS 1 1 INCHES FROM THE GROUND. THERE WAS NO GUARD OVER THE PULLEY. OR (GROUND LEVEL), CLEANING UP MATERIAL THAT HAD SPILLED FROM THE ATLAS REXNORD MODEL 150 CONVEYOR DURING THE DAY. THE YARDMAN HAD BEEN PERFORMING THIS WORK AT THE PLANT SINCE 3-12-84 AND HAD 4 YRS PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE. HE DID NOT STOP THE C ONVEYOR SYSTEM POWER DURING THE CLEANUP OPERATION. USUALLY CLEAN-UP IS PERFORMED AT THE END OF THE DAY BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM WITH THE CONVEYOR SYSTEM TURNED OFF. W HILE THE CONVEYOR WAS IN OPERATION THE EMPLOYEE'S GLASSES FELL OFF AND DROPPED B ETWEEN THE PULLEY & FRAME OF THE CONVEYOR. HE REACHED FOR THE GLASSES WITH HIS R IGHT HAND. HIS HAND BECAME CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TURNING PULLEY & FRAME OF THE CONV
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 10
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 873
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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