Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14547830 - PULLED INTO ROCK CRUSHER

Accident Summary Nr: 14547830 -- Report ID: 1050210 -- Event Date: 03/31/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14576326	04/02/1984	1429	0	Mcgraw Gravel Sales Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, EMPLOYED BY MCGRAW GRAVEL SALES, INC., PO BOX 185, SITKA, ALASKA, WAS ADJUSTING THE CRUSHER JAW TENSION SPRING. THE SPRING IS LOCATED IN A SMALL SPACE UNDER THE CRUSHER. THE AREA WAS APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET BY 4 FEET, LOCATED BETWEEN THE TENSION ADJUSTMENT AND AND A ROTATING HYDRAULIC FEED SHAFT. THE MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF THE AREA VARIED FROM 4 TO 5 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 BACKED INTO THE UNUSED AND UNGUARDED 6 INCH DIAMETER SPROCKET ON THE HYDRAULIC FEED SHAFT. HIS CLOTHING BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE SPROCKET. HE WAS PULLED INTO AND AROUND THE ROTATING SHAFT AND WAS KILLED.

Keywords: CLOTHING, MAINTENANCE, ROTATING SHAFT, ROCK CRUSHER, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, MECH MAT HANDLING, SPROCKET, ENTANGLED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14576326			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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