OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #802876
ASPHYXIATED,COLLAPSE,SUFFOCATED,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,ROLLER--MACH/PART
Event description
Employee dies of asphyxiation when machine rollers collapse
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was standing in the accumulator inside an Isotex coating machine, pu lling wrinkles out of fabric that had stuck together. Employee #1 was standing o n the bottom rollers and a coworker was inching or jogging the machine at his in structions. At one point when the jog button was activated, the top rollers of t he accumulator collapsed onto Employee #1. He died of asphyxia. The machinery ha d not been locked out prior to Employee #1's entry.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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