OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14307250
THROAT,FRACTURE,BOOM,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,VERTEBRA,LUBRICATING
Event description
Employee killed when caught by moving parts in rewinder
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:15 p.m. on May 23, 1989, Employee #1, operating a vinyl floor covering rewinder machine, entered a moving parts area of the machine to lubric ate its roller. He was caught in between the boom of the paper feed table and th e finished roll of the machine. Employee #1 sustained a fractured trachea and ve rtebrae and died on June 30, 1989.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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