OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221314321

Activated,Air Pressure,Asphyxiated,Back,Broken Bone,Caught In,Chest,Clearing,Contusion,Crushed,Fracture,Insufficient Supervision,Jammed,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lack of Work Procedures,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Machine operator,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Pinch Point,Pinched,Power Roller,Rib,Safety Device,Scrap,Shredder,Steel,Struck By,Unsafe Position,Vertebra

2020-11-30T00:00:00

Event: Activated,Air Pressure,Asphyxiated,Back,Broken Bone,Caught In,Chest,Clearing,Contusion,Crushed,Fracture,Insufficient Supervision,Jammed,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lack of Work Procedures,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Machine operator,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation,Pinch Point,Pinched,Power Roller,Rib,Safety Device,Scrap,Shredder,Steel,Struck By,Unsafe Position,Vertebra
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221314321
Report ID: 0729700

Event description

Employee is crushed while clearing jammed auto shredder

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 45 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
768

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