OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #733790
CLOTHING,FRACTURE,IMPALED,WORK RULES,CLEANING,MECH MAT HANDLING,NECK,ENTANGLED,HAND
Event description
CAUGHT AND KILLED IN SOFT DRINK CAN FILLING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ALONE, CLEANING AND SANITIZING A SOFT DRINK FILLING MACH 977. (CROWN 72 UB FTC APG 1094) INE IN THE CAN FILLING ROOM. IT IS CONJECTURED THAT SHE OBSERVED A DAMAGED CAN O R CANS IN THE ROTATING CAN FILLING MACHINE AND TRIED TO PHYSICALLY EXTRACT THE C AN OR CANS WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN THE MACHINE. WHEN SHE REACHED TOWARDS THE CAN ( OR CANS) HER CLOTHING BECAME ENTANGLED AND DREW HER INTO THE MACHINE MECHANISM. HER RIGHT HAND WAS SEVERED. HER LEFT HAND WAS CAUGHT IN THE MECHANISM, SPINNING HER AROUND ABOUT 270 DEGREES AND CAUSING HER TO BE IMPALED ON THE CAN EXTRACTOR TRACK GUIDE RAIL. SHE DIED OF A BROKEN NECK AND NUMEROUS OTHER BODILY INJURIES. THE CAN FILLING MACHINE WAS MANUFACTURED BY THE CROWN CORK AND SEAL COMPANY IN 1
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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