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*  Produced by:  New Brunswick Occupational Health                  *  
*                and Safety Commission                              *  
*  Provided by:  Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety *  
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INFO ALERT:  18 (NB)  
  
DATE:  November 1987  
  
  
*** HAZARD SUMMARY:  CONVEYOR BELT KILLS WORKER ***  
  
  Recently, a worker was killed when removing material jammed at the  
  tail pulley of a conveyor.  The power had been shut off.  An  
  anti-roll-back device was in place which created unbalanced tension  
  in the belt.  This energy, or unbalanced tension, caused the pulley  
  to rotate when the worker released the jam, drawing him between the  
  belt and the pulley.  
  
  
*** LOCATION(S) AND SECTOR(S) WHERE HAZARD MAY BE ENCOUNTERED ***  
  
  
*** APPLICABLE SECTION(S) OF INDUSTRIAL REGULATIONS ***  
  
  1.  All workers are to be trained to recognize and avoid the  
      hazards associated with their work.  (Paragraph 9(2)(b),  
      Occupational Health and Safety Act)  
  
  2.  Workers are never to position themselves where they may come into  
      contact with equipment that is moving or has the potential to move.  
      (Part 26(4), Regulations 77-1)  
  
  3.  Workers are not to clean or repair a conveyor unless it is  
      locked out.  (Part 35(15), Regulations 77-1)  A conveyor lock-out  
      is not complete until all energy stored in the belt has been  
      released.  
  
  
  
  
  
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