OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540363
PAPER ROLL,CRUSHED,PAPER,PAPER MACHINE
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN LARGE PAPER ROLLS
Investigation abstract
AT THE DRY END OF THE PAPER MAKING MACHINE, ROLLS OF PAPER ARE EJECTED OFF OF TH E PAPER REEL. THE PAPER ROLL THEN ROLLS DOWN A 25' TRACK AND STOPS AT A SET OF P NEUMATICALLY OPERATED STOP ARMS. WHEN THE STOP ARMS ARE LOWERED, THE ROLL TRANSF ERS TO AN UNWIND STAND. AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT THERE WERE PAPER ROLLS AT BO TH THE UNWIND STAND AND THE STOP ARMS. THE ROLL AT THE STOP ARMS WAS BEING LIFTE D AND TURNED (CUSTOMER REQUEST TO REVERSE THE PAPER SURFACE). THE EVIDENCE INDIC ATES THAT THE EMPLOYEE WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN THE TURNING ROLL AND THE STATIONARY RO LL AT THE UNWIND STAND.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 48 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 24
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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