OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14391536
LOCKOUT,CAUGHT BETWEEN,MILLWRIGHT,PAPER MACHINE,CONTUSION
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CAUGHT IN MACHINE
Investigation abstract
On June 13, 1988, Employee #1 and coworkers, millwrights, were called to repair n the foil blades and the drum. Employee #1 was caught in the machine when a loc kout or tagout procedure was not followed. Employee #1 was killed. a machine in the Gaylord Papermill in Bogalusa, LA. The machine involved was a 3 0P selectifier screen, labeled at the main power substation as middle pressure s creen number 2, located on the northeast corner, basement floor, paper machine n umber 2. This machine is a pressure filter that operates on the principle of foi ls turning at a high rate of speed that forces the influent stream of water and pulp through small openings in a cylindrical drum. Its purpose is to filter out metal and trash from the stream before going to the paper machine. This machine, middle pressure screen number 2, was down due to a piece of metal caught betwee
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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