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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #570101

WORK RULES,DRUM,LOCKOUT,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,NIP POINT,PAPER MACHINE,UNGUARDED

Event
WORK RULES,DRUM,LOCKOUT,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CAUGHT BETWEEN,NIP POINT,PAPER MACHINE,UNGUARDED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
570101
Report ID
522000

Event description

Employee killed when caught in paperboard machine

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was removing broke, by hand, above the first dryer on the #2 Fourdri nier paperboard machine when he became caught in the nip point, which pulled him around the #1 dryer drum. He was killed. The nip point was created by the felt carrier roll and the #1 dryer drum.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 32 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    17
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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