OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731646
DIE,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,POINT OF OPERATION,DIE CASTING MACHINE
Event description
Employee killed when crushed between dies
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was working on a die casting machine at the Chrysler, Inc., casting plant in Kokomo, IN. He apparently went behind the safety door after it closed a nd was caught between the die halves. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 719
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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