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Accident: 143197.015 - Employee Is Killed In Fall Through Catwalk
| Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1575080.015 | 01/26/2022 | Gem State Processing, Llc |
At 3:00 a.m. on January 26, 2022, an employee who worked as a Maintenance Mechan ic for a food manufacturing company died from a 15-foot fall. The employee and a coworker (Night Shift Maintenance Lead) were installing a belt on a conveyor. The employee fell through a 15-foot high catwalk to the concrete ground below. T he employee and coworker had previously removed a section of the metal catwalk g rate so they could pull the new conveyor belt through the conveyor. The employee incurred head and torso fractures which killed him.
Keywords:
belt, catwalk, conveyor, engineering controls, fall, fall from elevation, fall protection, floor grate, floor hole, fracture, grate, head, installing, lack of engineering controls, lack of work procedures, maintenan
| Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1575080.015 | 62 | M | Fatality | Machinery maintenance occupations |