OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14530000

CHEST,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,CRUSHED,NIP POINT,SLITTER,PAPER MACHINE,UNGUARDED

1987-12-24T00:00:00

Event: CHEST,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,CRUSHED,NIP POINT,SLITTER,PAPER MACHINE,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14530000
Report ID: 111700

Event description

Employee killed when caught in paper rewinding machine

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, the machine operator, was caught by the in-run nip point of a paper slitter rewinder machine. He suffered crushing injuries to his chest, and was k illed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
4

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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