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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221500697

Asphyxiated,Blunt force,Blunt force trauma,Chest,Compressed By,Crushed,Engineering Controls,Head,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation

Event
Asphyxiated,Blunt force,Blunt force trauma,Chest,Compressed By,Crushed,Engineering Controls,Head,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lockout,Lockout/Tagout,Machine Guarding,Machine operator,Misjudgment,Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
221500697
Report ID
0522500

Event description

Employee is killed when caught in recoiler machine

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 42 M

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    0

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