OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503619
THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO.
TOPEKA, KS·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed in tire-building machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was building truck tires on an NGW Generation tire-building machine when his upper body came between the solid drum band and the transfer ring. When the ring returned to its home position. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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