OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14521363
QUALITY METAL PRODUCTS INC.
PEORIA, IL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S HEAD CRUSHED BETWEEN PARTS OF A LATHE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11 PM ON FEBRUARY 18, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING BEHIND A L ATHE. A PORTON OF THE REAR (A GUARD FOR A BEDWAY WHICH THE TURRET RIDES ON) MOVE S HORIZONTALLY, AND COMES WITHIN 4 1/2 INCHES OF A STATIONARY PART. THE EMPLOYEE 'S HEAD WAS CAUGHT AND CRUSHED BETWEEN THE STATIONARY AND MOVING PARTS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 637
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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