OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14262323
SLIP,CRUSHED,TRASH COMPACTOR,LIMIT SWITCH,INATTENTION,RAM
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH BY TRASH COMPACTOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED TO WATCH THE RAM OF THE TRASH COMPACTOR TO SEE I F IT WAS HITTING A LIMIT SWITCH. WHILE HE WAS OBSERVING, EMPLOYEE #1 EITHER SLIP PED INTO THE RAM OR CARELESSLY REACHED IN TO ADJUST THE MACHINE. HE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN INSTRUCTED ONLY TO OBSERVE. (SEE WITH YOUR EYES, NOT YOUR HANDS.)
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 783
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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