OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14215545
SEVERED,MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CRUSHED,BOLT,LEG
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN LARGE MACHINE ROLL STRUCK HIM
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS APPLYING A PLY BOND COATING TO THE EDGE OF A WOVEN PLASTIC ROLL. THE CAN IS 36 INCHES IN DIAMETER, 330 INCHES LONG, WEIGHS 21,334 POUNDS AND WAS MOUNTED 54 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR. NUMEROUS SEVERE INJURIES, INCLUDING A SEVERED RIGHT LEG AND INTERNAL TRAUMA, RESULTED IN THE DEATH OF THE EMPLOYEE. THE PLASTIC ROLL WAS STRETCHED BETWEEN TWO ROLLERS (CANS), 25 FEET APART, OF A FINISHING MACHINE. HE WAS SITTING ON A STOOL NEAR ONE OF THE CANS AND BETWEEN TH E CANS (THE FABRIC BEING PROCESSED WAS NARROWER THAN THE CANS). THE STANDS WHICH SUPPORT THE CANS ARE HELD IN PLACE BY MOUNTING BOLTS. THESE BOLTS ARE STRESSED DAILY DUE TO THE TENSION APPLIED WHEN THE FABRIC IS STRETCHED BETWEEN THE CANS. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THE TENSION BEING APPLIED TO THE FABRIC WAS WELL BEL OW THE MAXIMUN ALLOWABLE, BUT THE MOUNTING BOLTS ON THE CAN NEAREST THE EMPLOYEE SNAPPED, CAUSING THE CAN TO FALL ONTO HIM AND ROLL OVER HIM AT THE GROIN AREA.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 725
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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