OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221415557

HANKOOK & COMPANY ES AMERICA CORP.

CLARKSVILLE, TN· 2021-12-01T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Battery, Chest, Gantry Crane, Interlock, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Malfunction, Mech Malfunction, Safety Device, Struck By, Unstable Position
NAICS: 335911
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345663553
Employer profile: HANKOOK & COMPANY ES AMERICA CORP.
Summary number: 221415557
Report ID: 0454712

Event description

Employee is killed when struck by gantry inside COS Machine

Investigation abstract

At 8:00 a.m. on December 1, 2021, an employee had entered a COS machine via the interlocked safety door and was adjusting the grippers. The employee was inside the machine cage when the gantry moved and struck the employee in the chest, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 48 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
519

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