OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221356041
111917 - JUPITER ALUMINUM
HAMMOND, IN·
Event description
Employee falls from elevated platform, later dies
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:00 a.m. on May 6, 2021, an employee and a coworker began employee was transported to the hospital and later died from these injuries. troubleshooting the Hammel bail breaker when scrap material was jammed inside the shredder. During troubleshooting, the bail breaker remained energized while the coworker was in a forklift with raised forks to poke the scrap, and the employee was standing on a portable ladder platform with the handheld remote controller that operates the bail breaker. At or about 9:45 a.m., the Hammel bail breaker began to move and began pivoting in the direction where the employee was standing on the mobile platform when the employee fell 10 feet off of the platform and endured right-side injuries to the head and ribs. The
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 64 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
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