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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221647886

SPHERION STAFFING LLC

Event
Assembly Line, Caught By, Caught In, Conveyor, Entangled, Hair, Traumatic Brain Injury
NAICS
561320
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#347334385
Employer profile
SPHERION STAFFING LLC
Summary number
221647886
Report ID
0418100

Event description

Employee is killed when hair is caught in conveyor system

Investigation abstract

At 9:45 p.m. on March 8, 2024, an employee was working on a battery bucket assembly line, performing her task in zone #4. The employee lost an ear pod and went under the conveyor table to try to retrieve the lost ear pod, and her long hair was caught in and grabbed by the conveyor system, causing a traumatic brain injury. The employee was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 22 F

    Event type
    2
    Occupation code
    785

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