OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #570101
THE MEAD CORP. PAPERBOARD PROD. DIV.
CINCINNATI, OH·
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
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#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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