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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14570261

MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,UNTRAINED

Event
MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,UNTRAINED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14570261
Report ID
522500

Event description

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED IN RETRIEVAL SYSTEM MACHINE; NOT LOCKED OUT

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, A PART TIME EMPLOYEE OF THE WHITE MACHINE COMPANY, WAS ADJUSTING TH E LOWER TRACK OF THE "S" UNIT OF A COMPUTERIZED VERTICAL RETRIEVAL SYSTEM. HE CR AWLED INTO THE MACHINE WITHOUT LOCKING OUT THE POWER. A WAREHOUSE EMPLOYEE ACTIV ATED THE MACHINE, NOT KNOWING EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSIDE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 50 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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