Inspection Detail

Inspection: 3267051 - Moroni Turkey Processing Plant

Inspection Information - Office: Utah Division Of Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 3267051

Report ID: 0854910

Date Opened: 10/07/1985

Site Address:
Moroni Turkey Processing Plant
350 S 300 W
Moroni, UT 84646

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2015

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/09/1985

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/09/1985

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360600589

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 709527

Event: 09/28/1985

CAUGHT IN ROLLER AND BELT PINCH POINT

AN UNUSUAL NOISE HAD DEVELOPED IN AN ENCLOSED UNIT POWERING THE WHOLE BIRD CONVEYOR BELT. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD MOUNTED A METAL RACK WHILE TRYING TO LOCATE THE NOISE. THE RACK WAS RESTING PARALLEL TO THE RUN OF THE CONVEYOR AND SLIGHTLY TO ONE SIDE. ANOTHER RACK WAS RESTING SOME 18 INCHES FROM THE RACK ON WHICH HE WAS STANDING. IN ORDER TO CHECK FOR NOISE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE POWER UNIT THE EMPLOYEE TRIED TO TRANSFER TO THE OTHER RACK. THE RACK SUPPORT MOVED. AS HE ATTEMPTED TO GRAB SOMETHING TO STABILIZE HIMSELF, HE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND BELT, PULLING HIM FROM THE RACK. HIS HEAD & NECK WERE BEING ABRADED IN A PINCH POINT.

Keywords: HEAD, MAINTENANCE, ROLLER--MACH/PART, NECK, NIP POINT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3267051			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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