Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170361257 - Employee'S Arm Lacerated By Belt Conveyor Tail Pulley

Accident Summary Nr: 170361257 -- Report ID: 0950623 -- Event Date: 07/08/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111966610	07/26/1995	2033	0	Bell Carter Olive Company

Abstract: At 1:00 a.m. on July 8, 1995, employees of Bell Carter Olive Company were doing routine cleaning of the conveyor belts in the olive pitter deck belt on the pitter deck. Employee #1 was cleaning the west belt of the #2 line, a nearly new rubberized smooth belt with metal lacing, which is 35 ft long and 15 in. wide. The head pulley is run by a 1 1/2 HP motor. The belt is 23 3/4 in. above working level at the bottom nip point. The direction of the run was only guarded 7 1/2 in. from the nip point. Employee #1 was caught in the nip point and sustained deep lacerations to the bone in places and full circumference lacerations around the elbow. Failure to lock out and guard the nip point caused the accident.

Keywords: work rules, belt conveyor, cleaning, caught by, lockout, laceration, arm, nip point, unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111966610			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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