OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548549
HAMAKUA SUGAR CO INC
OOKALA, HI—
Event description
CAUGHT IN MOVING CONVEYOR SLATS
Investigation abstract
ON JULY 2, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:50 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CHANGING CONVEYOR SL ATS. AFTER CHANGING TWO (2) SLATS, THE CONVEYOR (WHICH WAS NOT LOCKED OUT) START ED. THE CONVEYOR SLATS APPARENTLY CAUGHT EMPLOYEE #1 BY THE RIGHT LEG, TEARING I T OFF. EMPLOYEE #1 THEN APPARENTLY FELL FROM THE BOTTOM END OF THE CONVEYOR TO T HE BAGASSE HOUSE FLOOR. (ABOUT AN 18 FOOT, 8 INCH DROP.) HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES .
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 695
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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