OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14485346
BUFFALO BRAKE BEAM COMPANY
LACKAWANNA, NY·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/ENGINEERNG CONTROLS (17)
- Environmental factor
- PINCH POINT ACTION (1)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.