OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221387079

COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY

TEXARKANA, AR· 2021-08-23T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Asphyxiated, Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught In, Engineering Controls, Head, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Neck, Power Roller, Roller--Mach/Part, Shoulder, Tire, Unguarded
NAICS: 423130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345505143
Employer profile: COOPER TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
Summary number: 221387079
Report ID: 0627100

Event description

Employee is killed by asphyxiation when caught in machine

Investigation abstract

At 8:18 a.m. on August 23, 2021, an employee was adjusting a proximity switch inside a tire uniformity machine. This switch can also be adjusted from the outside of the machine. The employee removed the guard to adjust the switch from the inside when the lube drive rollers moved up. The employee was killed by mechanical asphyxiation after his upper body (head, neck and chest) were caught in the machine.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
506

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