OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221531825

65832 - WOOD GROUP USA INC

VALLEY STATION, KY— 2023-01-23T00:00:00

Event: Back, Belt, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken, Caught By, Caught In, Chest, Contusion, Conveyor Belt, Neck, Power Plant, Roller Conveyor, Struck By, Unresponsive
NAICS: 811310
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346456262
Employer profile: 65832 - WOOD GROUP USA INC
Summary number: 221531825
Report ID: 0452110

Event description

Employee is killed when caught in belt and roller

Investigation abstract

At 4:16 p.m. on January 23, 2023, an employee was working as a limestone operator in a power generation station. A coworker could not find the employee and enlisted the help of another coworker to help find him. The employee was discovered adjacent to a conveyor belt and roller assembly in which the 24-inch wide belt was broken. The employee was unresponsive and not breathing and had bruising on his chest, back and neck. Medical intervention was unsuccessful and the employee was pronounced dead at the scene.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 41 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
999

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