OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221615784
AMERICAN CAST IRON PIPE COMPANY
BIRMINGHAM, AL·
Event description
Employee is killed when caught between line shaft and its su
Investigation abstract
At 9:05 a.m. on November 11, 2023, an employee was in the process of lubricating a rotary line shaft for a 1,300-ton mixer. Shortly after the employee applied the lubricating nozzle to the grease nipple on the line shaft, the machine was turned on (energized), pulling him in between the shaft and the shaft support of the 1,300-ton mixer. The employee was crushed and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 519
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