OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221715964

FIBERCO, INC.

FORT WORTH, TX— 2024-11-01T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught By, Cleaning, Clothing, Compressed Air, Machine Guarding, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Pulled In, Rotating Parts, Staffing Agency, Temporary, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 313230
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347863235
Employer profile: FIBERCO, INC.
Summary number: 221715964
Report ID: 0636900

Event description

Employee dies of multiple trauma when pulled into carding ma

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 a.m. on November 1, 2024, an employee working for a staffing agency was cleaning around the equipment at a client site using compressed air. The employee crawled under a carding machine when the hood of his shirt was pulled into the rotating parts. The employee died from multiple trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 44 M

Event type
2

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