OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14305858
IPC DENNISON COMPANY
ROGERSVILLE, TN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH IN PAPER SLITTER MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CHANGING OUT ROLLS OF PAPER ON A KAMP HIGH SPEED SLITTER. WASTE PAPER STRIPS HAD STOPPED GOING INTO A SUCTION TUBE. EMPLOYEE #1 WENT INSIDE THE MACHINE TO START THE PAPER BACK INTO THE SUCTION TUBE. THE MACHINE INDEXED WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSIDE. HE WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE MACHINE FRAME AND THE ROLLS. HE RECEIVED FATAL FRACTURES OF THE NECK AND BACK.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 737
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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