OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #690693
INDUSTRIAL SALVAGE AND METAL INC
SALT LAKE CITY, UT—
Event description
FOOT CAUGHT IN THE TAIL PULLEY OF A CONVEYOR BELT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING THE SHAKER TABLE AND THE FEED BELT FOR A SHEARING MACH INE IN A SCRAP YARD. THE METAL IS FED INTO THE SHEAR BY A CRANE. WHEN THE METAL EMERGES, IT FALLS ONTO A SHAKER TABLE. ANY OVERLY LARGE PIECES OF METAL ARE TAKE N OFF THE SHAKER TABLE AND ARE RUN BACK THROUGH THE SHEAR. THE SHAKER TABLE CONN ECTS TO ANOTHER CONVEYOR WHICH TAKES THE METAL TO THE SORTING BELT. DURING THE O PERATION, THE SHAKER TABLE BECAME JAMMED. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RECTIFY THE PROBLE M, EMPLOYEE #1'S FOOT BECAME CAUGHT IN THE CONVEYOR BELT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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