OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #708891
SOL AIRE SALT & CHEMICAL CO
LAKE POINT, UT—
Event description
ARM CAUGHT IN CONVEYOR BELT TAIL PULLEY
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF INSTALLING A SELF MADE BELT CLEANER. THE BELT CLEANER CONSISTED OF A 2 BY 4 WITH A PIECE OF BELT ATTACHED, SUSPENDED BETWEEN T HE TOP AND BOTTOM BELT. THE PURPOSE OF THE BELT CLEANER WAS TO CLEAN SPILLED SAL T SO THAT IT DIDN'T BUILD UP ON THE TAIL PULLEY. HE WAS DOING THIS WORK WITH THE BELT RUNNING. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO BUT THE 2 BY 4 IN PLACE IT BECAME CAUGHT IN TH E IN-RUNNING NIP POINT. HIS ARM WAS PULLED INTO THE NIP POINT, UP TO HIS SHOULDE R, ALONG WITH THE 2 BY 4. THE TAIL PULLEY GUARD HAD BEEN REMOED PRIOR TO THE ACC IDENT.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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