OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224398
WORK RULES,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED
Event description
Employee killed when caught in sand muller machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was a sandmill system operator whose regular job was to clean the no was still attached to his pants on a belt loop. rth and south lines with a sand muller machine during the second shift. Employee #1 entered the muller on the north line sometime around 11:40 p.m. He apparentl y did not lock out the equipment as required before he entered. Meanwhile, an el ectrician had been assigned to check the electrical circuit on the sand conveyor belt located above the muller. He went to the control panel located on the east side of the muller and saw that the power was on. The electrician started the m uller and the large mulling wheels apparently crushed Employee #1, who went thro ugh the discharge chute to the basement area and was killed. Employee #1's lock
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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