Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14187082

INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

Event
WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, FORMING MACHINE, UNGUARDED
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#100385970
Employer profile
INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
Summary number
14187082
Report ID
316700

Event description

Employee killed when caught between rollers

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was using silicone spray and a 2 in. paint scraper to clean buildup from a heat-treating forming roller. He became caught by and pulled through a 5 1/2 ft gap between two operating cooling rollers that were between him and the f orming roller that he was cleaning. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    724
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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