Inspection Detail

Inspection: 102104163 - Uss Geneva Works

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

Inspection Nr: 102104163

Report ID: 0854910

Date Opened: 09/26/1986

Site Address:
Uss Geneva Works
Geneva Road
Orem, UT 84057

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 510, Provo, UT 84601

Union Status: Union

SIC:3312

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/26/1986

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/15/1989

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360111165

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 691188

Event: 09/25/1986

Employee's leg fractured when caught by conveyor structure

Employee #1 and a coworker were at the third floor screening station of a coke plant, changing the wear plates near the screens. The only way to reach the plates is to stand on a conveyor belt that moves the coke after it has been screened, taking it either to the blast furnaces or to a hopper for truck loading. Employee #1 and the coworker went to the control room, which is on the second floor, to turn off and lock out the belt on which they would be standing. They locked out what they thought was the right belt, went back upstairs, stepped onto the belt, and proceeded to work on the wear plates. However, they had locked out the wrong belt and when a driver came to load his truck with coke, he went to the control room and turned on the belt that the employees were standing on. The belt, which moves fast, pulled the employees under a crossover walkway that caught Employee #1 and fractured his leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CONVEYOR BELT, INATTENTION, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102104163			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, production occupations

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