OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14348890
POLYMER COIL COATERS, INC.
FAIRFIELD, AL·
Event description
HEAD CRUSHED BETWEEN STEEL COIL AND UNCOILING MANDREL
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KILLED WHEN HIS HEAD WAS COMPRESSED BETWEEN AN 8000 POUND COIL O F STEEL AND THE UNCOILING MANDREL OF THE SLITTER MACHINE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AS THE COIL OF STEEL WAS BEING TRANSFERRED FROM THE COIL CAR TO THE UNCOILING MA NDREL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 769
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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