Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
105,991Records 70,589Employers 85,836Hospitalizations 27,959Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-11-30

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14375224

THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

Event
UNSECURED, MOLDING MACHINE, WORK RULES, MECHANIC, SLIP, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, MOLD, PRESS
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#103535795
Employer profile
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
Summary number
14375224
Report ID
522500

Event description

Mechanic killed by falling mold

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a press line mechanic, was loosening the bottom bolts on a horizont al mold when it slipped out of its clamps. The mold fell on Employee #1 and kill ed him.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 44 Male

    Nature of injury
    Puncture (18)
    Part of body
    MULTIPLE (19)
    Accident type
    CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
    Source of injury
    PUMP/PRIME MOVER (36)
    Occupation
    Machinery maintenance occupations (519)
    Human factor
    MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
    Environmental factor
    CATCH POINT/PUNCTURE ACTION (2)
    Task assigned
    Task regularly assigned (1)

Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.