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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425853

STAHL SPECIALTY COMPANY

Event
Caught Between, Crushed, Molding Machine, Pinned
NAICS
331523
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345716450
Employer profile
STAHL SPECIALTY COMPANY
Summary number
221425853
Report ID
0728500

Event description

Employee is killed when pinned between two objects

Investigation abstract

At 8:30 p.m. on January 7, 2022, an employee, an automation technician, was conducting work on a faulty robotics area sensor. The rotary mold tilt machine #13 cycled, which pinned the employee against the robotic saw cabinet and the machine. This resulted in a whole body crushing injury caused by being caught in between the machine and the robotic saw cabinet. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 45 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    519

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