OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14393664
DAYS INN MOTEL
BOSSIER CITY, LA·
Event description
Employee killed when pinned to wall by vending machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a maintenance worker in a motel, was apparently trying to get a col d drink out of an 1,100 lb Pepsi machine when he tilted it toward him, causing i t to fall forward. The machine struck Employee #1 across the chest just below th e chin and pinned him against a wall. The aluminum molding across the top of the machine pressed against Employee #1's neck, cutting off circulation and oxygen to his head and killing him. There were no eyewitnesses to the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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