OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14520951
CERRO COPPER PRODUCTS CO.
SAUGET, IL·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by metal cast log
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and three coworkers were assessing a maintenance problem, standing t o one side of an inclined feed table for a metal billet saw. Employee #1 stepped back from the problem area into the path of a long metal cast log that was roll ing down the table. The end of the log overhung the edge of the table. It struck Employee #1 and drove him against a log that had previously rolled down the tab le. He suffered massive crushing-type injuries and was killed. No lockout of the log feed mechanism was employed, although such a program was in place in the wo rkplace.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 55 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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