Maintenance Mechanic Killed After Being Caught in a Conveyor Belt

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On February 16, 1995, an 18-year-old male maintenance mechanic was killed when he became caught in a conveyor belt at a recycling plant. The incident occurred when the victim was on a steel beam under a conveyor belt that moved materials to a separating machine. As he was cleaning material under the conveyor, the victim's hood apparently became caught, dragging him into a roller and suffocating him. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers should develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive safety program in the safe operation and maintenance of machinery. 2. Conveyor belts and other machines should be shut down, de-energized, and locked-out before performing maintenance. 3. Employers should conduct a job hazard analysis of all work activities with the participation of the workers.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Maintenance
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
• Keywords:
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-potential
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Safety-education
  • Safety-equipment
  • Safety-practices
  • Safety-measures
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Prevention through Design (PtD) ; Waste Management and Remediation Services
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE95NJ018
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026608
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2014-105058
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 95NJ018, 1995 Jun ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Resource Number:
  FACE-95NJ018 ; FACE 95-NJ-018-01
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170064/cdc_170064_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 18.38 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bed51619892644ae42080eac3adbb5a4de2ba1cc521a7312a80a682a75e4f0b1006defde5e57cbb7db385f8fb00176392f7d9a2c28d7ca8927de6a7a6de28ae5