OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221418064

BAR TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.

GENEVA, IL· 2021-12-09T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Catch Point, Caught In, Crushed, Energized, Fracture, Inexperience, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Neck, Training
NAICS: 331221
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345679781
Employer profile: BAR TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
Summary number: 221418064
Report ID: 0521400

Event description

Employee is killed, neck broken in machine that started up

Investigation abstract

At 7:15 p.m. on December 9, 2021, an employee was performing a set-up on a bar stock turning machine while the machine was not locked out. The machine unexpectedly started catching the employee in the machine and breaking his neck, killing him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 61 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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