OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14433650

COUNTY OF KAUAI-HANALEI REFUSE STATION, DPW

HANALEI, HI· 1988-04-18T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE, HEAD, ROTATING PARTS, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TRASH COMPACTOR, FACE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #105922132
Employer profile: COUNTY OF KAUAI-HANALEI REFUSE STATION, DPW
Summary number: 14433650
Report ID: 951510

Event description

Employee injured when head caught between axle and frame

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was attempting to remove a 3 ft by 5 ft by 3/4 in. piece of plywood that was lying on a structural steel subframe under a trash compactor. His head became caught between a rotating axle and the fixed subframe. He suffered multip le facial trauma, an open displaced fracture of the jaw, and a near amputation o f his left ear. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 53 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
6

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
758

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
3

Task assigned
1

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