The use of belt conveyors can change the way materials pass through your production line and make the processes quicker and more efficient. But when they are not used carefully, these powerful systems ...
A contractor was found dead of suffocation and a broken neck behind the guard of a conveyor’s tail pulley. As in the incident discussed last month (“Analyzing conveyor designs for safety,” Sept. 23, ...
The death of a worker who suffocated when both his hands were caught in a conveyor’s tail pulley was one of the six to 10 conveyor accidents I investigate yearly. Although conveyors have long been ...