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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503908

STRUCK AGAINST,JAMMED,CRUSHED

Event
STRUCK AGAINST,JAMMED,CRUSHED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14503908
Report ID
729700

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHILE CLEARING JAM INSIDE PALLETIZER

Investigation abstract

The employee, who worked for the Coca Cola Bottling Company of Mid America Incor porated, was operating a high-speed palletizer. She entered the machine to clear a jam, and apparently broke the light beam that triggered the rake bar. She was killed after being struck by the rake bar, and pinned between it and the pallet izer frame.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 27 F

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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