OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14502934
SUNFLOWER MFG. CO., INC.
BELOIT, KS·
Event description
Employee dies of asphyxia caught between control and ceiling
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was shot blasting metal in the shot blast room. He was working on a job-made hydraulically-operated work platform when he apparently accidentally en gaged the operating handle to the lift mode. His neck and head were caught betwe en the handle and the ceiling. Employee #1 died of asphyxiation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 Male
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- NECK (20)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- HOISTING APPARATUS (24)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- INSUFF/LACK/ENGINEERNG CONTROLS (17)
- Environmental factor
- SQUEEZE POINT ACTION (4)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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.