OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #851386
AARROWCAST INC
SHAWANO, WI·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Bruise/Contus/Abras (3)
- Part of body
- ABDOMEN (1)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Machinery maintenance occupations (519)
- Human factor
- SAFETY DEVICES REMOVED/INOPER. (9)
- Environmental factor
- SQUEEZE POINT ACTION (4)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.