OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14202964
OREGON METAL SLITTERS INC
PORTLAND, OR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED BY SLICING AND CUTTING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:20 a.m. on February 18, 1987 at Oregon Metal Slitters Inc. E mployee # 1 was cutting rolls of steel into smaller coils or spool on a slicing and cutting machine. Employee #1 became caught and was rolled into the machine w hich crushed and killed him. The metal he was working with was 11 gauge or appro ximately 0.1875 inches thick.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 769
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 15
- Task assigned
- 1
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