OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14527568
PIPER INDUSTRIES
VICKSBURG, MS·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CAUGHT IN METAL WIRE NIP POINT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSPECTING 7 1/2" WIRE STRANDS OF .0197 STEEL AS IT WAS BEING RE -COILED FROM OVERHEAD. HIS CLOTHING, GLOVES OR BOTH WERE SNAGGED ON THE STRANDS' ROUGH EDGES. HE WAS THEN PULLED INTO THE UNGUARDED INGOING NIP POINT. HE RECEIV ED NUMEROUS SERIOUS CUTS AND LATER DIED IN THE HOSPITAL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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