OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #735191
SONOCO PRODUCTS CO. PAPER DIV. HARTSVILLE
HARTSVILLE, SC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN HE SOMEHOW ENTERED A PAPER PULPER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 SOMEHOW GOT INTO THE PAPER PULPER (PROCESSING VAT). THE PULPER CONTA INED WATER AT 130 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT AND PIECES OF PAPER STOCK. THE PULPER WAS 1 4 FEET IN DIAMETER AND 10 FEET DEEP. THE PULPER WAS GUARDED BY A GUARDRAIL AND G ATE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SO BADLY MANGLED WITH MULTIPLE INJURIES THAT HE COULD NOT B E IDENTIFIED UNTIL AN AUTOPSY WAS PERFORMED. NO ONE SAW HOW EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED THE PULPER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 62 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 6
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 756
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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