OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #759431
DAVID R WEBB CO INC
EDINBURGH, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN HEAD CRUSHED IN HYDRAULIC TABLE
Investigation abstract
At approximately 5:15 p.m. on May 9, 1988, Employee #1, the right offbearer on a capital veneer slicer, helped a forklift driver move flitches out of the machin e. Employee #1 moved to the left offbearer's side and used the foot control to l ower the lift and push the flitch through. He lowered the lift too far and the f litch stuck in the machine. He raised the lift and tried to move the flitch. The lift came to the top position, crushing his head. Employee #1 was taken to Meth odist Hospital, where he died at 8 p.m.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 878
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 2
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