OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #571745
GREEN AND GOLD CONCRETE CO
GREEN BAY, WI—
Event description
CAUGHT IN CONVEYOR DRUM AT AN INGOING NIP POINT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 CAUGHT HIS ARM IN A NIP POINT BETWEEN THE BELT AND THE DRIVING DRUM AT THE DISCHARGE END OF A CONCRETE AGGREGATE CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PULLED HE AD FIRST OVER THE BELT AND DRUM AND WAS PINNED HEAD DOWN IN A HOPPER WITH HIS CH EST AGAINST THE BELT AND THE DRUM. HIS ARM WAS WEDGED BETWEEN THE UNDERSIDE OF T HE DRUM SHAFT AND THE PILLOW BLOCK. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS ASPHYXIATION DUE TO B ROKEN RIBS BEING COMPRESSED AGAINST THE LUNGS. FACTORS WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEATH WERE AN UNGUARDED INGOING NIP POINT AND AN EMERGENCY STOP CORD THAT ENDED APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET FROM THE THE NIP POINT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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