OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14394498
CALVIN WESTBROOKS, INC.
AIMWELL, LA·
Event description
Employee killed when caught between shear and tractor
Investigation abstract
On May 8, 1989, Employee #1, a shear machine operator, began normal maintenance work on the shear attachment. He had done similar maintenance work before. Becau se he thought he had control over the attachment, he decided not to retract it. He used a truck to support the shear attachment, which was not an unusual practi ce, but he did not check to see that the attachment was adequately supported by the truck before beginning his work. Employee #1 became caught between the shear attachment and the tractor, and suffered fatal internal chest injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- CHEST (5)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MALFUNC IN SECURING/WARNING OP (4)
- Environmental factor
- SQUEEZE POINT ACTION (4)
- 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.