A laundry worker trying to realign a conveyor belt after laundry bundles jammed it up, had both his arms broken in the process.
OSHA reports that on Oct. 27, 2021, an employee was working alongside co-workers to unjam and realign the belt of a conveyance system.
Employees used their hands to get the belt running again when the accident happened. One worker climbed on top of a tool cabinet to move the belt since the rollers stood more than 7 feet tall.
A mechanic and working foreman told OSHA he ordered the conveyor belt energized and then told others to use their hands to move the belt because the machine still wasn’t working.
The worker started screaming because his “arms were pulled between the tension roller and the belt all the way up to his elbows.”
OSHA investigated and ruled the conveyor belt was still energized, tension roller guards “had been missing for some time” and employees used their hands instead of tools to unjam the conveyor.
Disney also had no specific procedures on how to clear jams. All of those issues contributed to the accident, the report said.
OSHA initially proposed more than $22,000 in penalties after the incident, but Disney and OSHA reached an informal settlement agreement that lowered the fine to $12,431, according to the May 6 agreement.
The laundry facility is located at 4001 Palmetto Place in Kissimmee, FL, not far from the DisneyWorld resort.
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