OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14547830
MCGRAW GRAVEL SALES INC
SITKA, AK—
Event description
PULLED INTO ROCK CRUSHER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1, EMPLOYED BY MCGRAW GRAVEL SALES, INC., PO BOX 185, SITKA, ALASKA, W AS ADJUSTING THE CRUSHER JAW TENSION SPRING. THE SPRING IS LOCATED IN A SMALL SP ACE UNDER THE CRUSHER. THE AREA WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET BY 4 FEET, LOCATED BETW EEN THE TENSION ADJUSTMENT AND AND A ROTATING HYDRAULIC FEED SHAFT. THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE AREA VARIED FROM 4 TO 5 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 BACKED INTO THE UNUSED AND UNGUARDED 6 INCH DIAMETER SPROCKET ON THE HYDRAULIC FEED SHA FT. HIS CLOTHING BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE SPROCKET. HE WAS PULLED INTO AND AROUND THE ROTATING SHAFT AND WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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