OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485346
DIE,PINNED,STUCK,CAUGHT BETWEEN,PRESS
Event description
Employee killed when pinned by press transfer mechanism
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating the loading end of the section crop/hotform line. Sect ately two weeks later. ions are placed on a fixed bed and a transfer mechanism under the bed lifts each section and advances it to the next slot. Eventually each section is placed in the press die and notched. A section became stuck in the die, causing the transf er mechanism to stop. Employee #1 left his operating position and moved to an ar ea on the entry side of the press where he could reach into the press and grasp the stuck section. Employee #1 wiggled and freed the stuck section, the transfer mechanism advanced, and Employee #1 was pinned between the next advancing secti on and the press frame. Employee #1 suffered internal injuries and died approxim
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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