OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14470827
ECOLAB
JOLIET, IL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall when head strikes against palletizer
Investigation abstract
Between 10:00 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. on September 5, 1987, Employee #1 was clearing a jam in the elevator pit of a Columbia palletizer machine. He fell, struck his head against the machine, and was killed. The fall may have resulted from a hea rt attack or the inadvertent movement of machine parts.
Victims (3)
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
-
#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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