OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #852459
PRESRITE CORP.
JEFFERSON, OH·
Event description
Employee killed when caught in saw pinch point
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a cutting saw that could be set to operate in either m anual or automatic mode. When he went behind the saw to clean up the accumulatio n of metal chips around the saw blade guard and conveyor belt, Employee #1 was c aught in the pinch point between the indexing clamp mechanism and the blade guar d. Employee #1 was killed. The power was not locked out nor was there a pinch po int guard.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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