Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #764472

KERR MCGEE CHEMICAL CORPORATION

Event
PLATFORM, CAUGHT BETWEEN, SHAFT
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#106406994
Employer profile
KERR MCGEE CHEMICAL CORPORATION
Summary number
764472
Report ID
931200

Event description

Employee killed when caught between shaft couplings

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was standing 5 ft above the ground on a work maintenance platform wh en he became caught between two shaft couplings and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 55 F

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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