OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14527113
PLATFORM,REPAIR,COLLAPSE,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CRUSHED,FALL,WORK PLATFORM
Event description
WORK PLATFORM COLLAPSED; EMPLOYEE FELL INTO ROLLERS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOCATED ON A WORK PLATFORM, OVERLOOKING THE FIRST PRESS IN THE F INISHED PRODUCTS DEPARTMENT. HE WAS INVESTIGATING A BREAK WHICH HAD OCCURRED EAR LIER. AS HE STEPPED TO THE EDGE OF THE PLATFORM THE ENTIRE PLATFORM COLLAPSED. H E FELL, ALONG WITH THE PLATFORM, INTO THE WET FELT AND LOWER ROLL. HE WAS CRUSHE D TO DEATH BETWEEN THE WET FELT AND ROLLERS. THE ROLLERS MOVE AT A RATE OF 1,750 FEET PER MINUTE AND EXERT 350 POUNDS OF PRESSURE PER SQUARE INCH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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