OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14552723
WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CRUSHED,NIP POINT,PAPER MACHINE,UNGUARDED
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN PAPER MACHIME ROLLERS
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THREADING DRYER ROLLS ON A PAPER MACHINE. AS HE FED PAPER INTO T HE SECOND DRYER ROLL AND THE CARRIER BELT, HIS HAND BECAME CAUGHT IN THE IN-RUNN ING NIP POINT. HE WAS PULLED INTO THE AREA BETWEEN THE SECOND DRYER ROLL AND THE CARRIER BELT ROLL AND WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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