Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14377477 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BETWEEN BUCKET AND PULLEY

Accident Summary Nr: 14377477 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 01/30/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101348324	02/01/1988	3399	0	Heckett Div If Harsco Corporation

Abstract: SEVERAL WORKERS WERE INSTALLING A NEW BELT ON THE 0-1/2" CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE #1 WENT TO THE HEAD PULLEY END OF THE CONVEYOR TO UNHOOK THE CABLE SUPPORTING THE ROLL OF BELT. WITNESSES EXPLAINED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 EVIDENTLY CLIMBED INTO THE BUCKET OF THE END LOADER AND INSTRUCTED THE OPERATOR TO BACK UP. WHEN THE LOADER WAS PUT INTO REVERSE, IT LURCHED FORWARD ABOUT ONE FOOT, CRUSHING THE EMPLOYEE BETWEEN THE TOP EDGE OF THE BUCKET AND THE HEAD PULLEY OF THE CONVEYOR.

Keywords: LOADER BUCKET, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, CONVEYOR, LOADER, PULLEY

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101348324			Fatality	Other	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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