OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #827303

CLOTHING,ASPHYXIATED,ROTATING SHAFT,NECK,ENTANGLED

1989-02-09T00:00:00

Event: CLOTHING,ASPHYXIATED,ROTATING SHAFT,NECK,ENTANGLED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 827303
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee strangled when clothing is caught

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 reached into the rotating shaft area of a glue machine, possibly to adjust the glue flow. When the sleeve of her sweatshirt became entangled in the shaft that operated the glue wheel, pulling the sweatshirt tight around her neck , Employee #1 was strangled and died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 F

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
20

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
733

Human factor
17

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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