OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221740947

HOOSIER RACING TIRE

PLYMOUTH, IN— 2025-02-06T00:00:00

Event: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Caught In, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Head, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Manufacturing, Mechanical Power Press, Neck, Pinch Point, Pinched, Power Press, Press, Press Operator, Production Line, Tire
NAICS: 326211
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #348030099
Employer profile: HOOSIER RACING TIRE
Summary number: 221740947
Report ID: 0551800

Event description

Employee is fatally injured when caught in closing tire pres

Investigation abstract

At 12:20 p.m. on February 6, 2025, Employee #1 was working as a machine operator for a tire manufacturer and was operating a press making tires when he was caught in the press. Employee #1 was fatally injured.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 30 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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