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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #762799

HEAD,CRUSHED,PRESS

Event
HEAD,CRUSHED,PRESS
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
762799
Report ID
454711

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CRUSHED IN PNEUMATIC PRESS

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was attempting to trouble-shoot a pneumatic press and placed his hea d inside the press in order to locate the problem. Employee #1 was killed when t he press closed on him.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 32 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    57
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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