OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #851386
UNSECURED,WORK RULES,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,DOOR,INATTENTION
Event description
Employee killed while cleaning sand speed mullor
Investigation abstract
During a machine cleaning operator in a gray iron foundry, Employee #1, a mainte nance man, entered a sand speed mullor to grease the wheels. The control panel p ower was locked out by the operator at the time. The operator removed his lock a nd started the mullor, killing Employee #1, who had failed to add his lock to th e lockout. The operator had left the access door open and routinely started the mullor during cleaning, with the access door left open and unsecured.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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