OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14429526
AMERICAN WESTERN MFG.
DENVER, CO·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed in conveyor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using an electric hand-held drill with a wire brush attachment t o clean a pour table that was next to an insulation laminating machine. When the brush attachment became caught in the in-feed conveyors of the laminating machi ne, Employee #1 was pulled, head first, into the machine. He was crushed into th e 2 in. space between the rollers from his head to his knees before the conveyor could be shut off. Employee #1 died instantly. He was working alone at the time of the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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