OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14543771
VITAULIC COMPANY OF AMERICA
EASTON, PA—
Event description
STRUCK BY FALLING CONVEYOR PART
Investigation abstract
MAINTENANCE EMPLOYEES WHERE REPAIRING A SCREW CONVEYOR, WHICH WAS LOCATED ON A B UILDING'S ROOF. THEY REPLACED A SECTION OF THE SCREW CONVEYOR. THE EMPLOYEES WER E INSTRUCTED TO CUT THE REPLACED SECTION IN HALF AND THROW THE PIECES OVER THE E DGE OF THE ROOF. JUST AS THEY WERE THROWING A PIECE OF THE CONVEYOR OVER THE EDG E, EMPLOYEE #1 CAME OUT A DOOR LOCATED DIRECTLY UNDER THE FALLING CONVEYOR PIECE . THE PIECE STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, KILLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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