Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200632164 - Employee Is Killed When Caught in Conveyor Roller

Accident Summary Nr: 200632164 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 11/12/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313371114	11/12/2009	3296	327993	Guardian Fiberglass

Abstract: On November 12, 2009, Employee #1, a maintenance employee, was performing routine preventative maintenance and cleaning on a fiberglass insulation packaging machine and the 10-ft-wide conveyor belt that feeds the machine. He was found unresponsive, under the conveyor belt, with his left hand and upper body pulled up over a roller and under the belt. Employee #1 died while being extricated. The proper job procedure entailed locking out the belt before going under it remove excess plastic packaging wrap. The conveyor belt was not moving when Employee #1 was found; however, it was not locked out.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, CONVEYOR, CONVEYOR BELT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313371114			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Machinery maintenance occupations

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