OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14450118
GREIF BROTHERS CORP
MINNEAPOLIS, MN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH IN BARREL MAKING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
ON FEB 6, 1987, SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE PERFORMING ADJUSTMENTS ON A SIX-STATION B ARREL MAKING MACHINE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO CYCLE THE MACHINE 1/6 OF A T URNTABLE REVOLUTION SO THAT THE NEXT BARREL HOLDING POST WOULD MOVE INTO THE ADJ USTMENT POSITION. WHEN HE REACHED FOR THE TRIP BUTTON OF THE MACHINE HE PLACED H IMSELF IN A HAZARDOUS POSITION BETWEEN ONE OF THE BARREL POSTS AND THE FIXED GLU ING HEAD (ABOVE THE ADJACENT POST). WHEN THE MACHINE TRIPPED HE WAS CAUGHT IN TH E CHEST AREA AND CRUSHED IN THE SCISSORS ACTION OF THE ROTATING POST AND THE FIX ED HEAD IT MOVED UNDER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 753
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 2
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