OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221518947

SMITH FOREST PRODUCTS, LLC

FALLSTON, MD— 2022-12-02T00:00:00

Event: Backing Up, Contact, Conveyor Belt, Crushed, Crushing, Driver, Falling Object, Loader Bucket, Pinned, Raised, Struck By, Wheel Loader
NAICS: 321113
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346375538
Employer profile: SMITH FOREST PRODUCTS, LLC
Summary number: 221518947
Report ID: 0352470

Event description

Employee is struck and killed by falling conveyor belt

Investigation abstract

At 10:07 a.m. on December 2, 2022, an employee was operating a Fiat-Allis 345-B Wheel Loader in reverse with the bucket in the raised position when the raised bucket contacted an elevated conveyor belt. The conveyor belt was not mounted to the ground and it fell towards the operator's compartment which was not provided with any overhead protection. The conveyor belt struck the employee and crushed his upper body, pinning him within the operator's compartment of the equipment. The employee suffered fatal crushing injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 20 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
889

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