OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14215628
CLOTHING,BLOOD CLOT,FRACTURE,ROTATING SHAFT,ABRASION,RIB,ENTANGLED,CONTUSION
Event description
APRON CAUGHT IN ROTATING HAND WHEEL, EMPLOYEE FATALLY HURT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS EMPLOYED AS A WEAVER IN A TEXTILE PLANT. AS SHE WAS THREADING TH E WINDER HER APRON CAUGHT ON A ROTATING HAND WHEEL. SHE WAS PULLED INTO THE LOOM , SUFFERING MULTIPLE ABRASIONS AND CONTUSIONS AND SEVERAL BROKEN RIBS. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED AT HOME WHILE RECOVERING FROM HER INJURIES. THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS LISTE D AS A BLOOD CLOT, WHICH MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOY EE #1 WAS LOCATED BETWEEN TWO LOOMS AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE HAND WHEEL WAS LOCATED ON A PICKNOL LOOM #316, AND OPERATED AT 230 RPM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 60 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 739
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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