OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394241
DELCHAMPS DISTRIBUTION CENTER, INC.
HAMMOND, LA·
Event description
Employee dies after stabbing self with pocket knife
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a maintenance man employed by a grocery warehouse, was called to re pair a malfunctioning pallet wrapping machine. Instead of using the available to ols in his tool belt, Employee #1 chose to use his personal pocketknife, which h ad a locking blade, to cut the nylon tie wraps in the 7 in. by 9 in. by 13 in. e lectrical control box. Power to the sensor switch control box, model/serial #ACS 489213, had been cut off, eliminating shock hazards. Employee #1 was cutting tow ard himself with force. As the knife finished severing a tie wrap, its momentum caused Employee #1 to stab himself in the chest. He died of internal hemorrhagin g.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 22
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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