OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #867812
QUADRACAST, INCORPORATED
CANTON, OH·
Event description
Employee killed by boring mill cutting head and part
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using two heads to machine a large fan housing, one head for the inside diameter cut and one for the outside diameter cut. Employee #1 apparentl y had climbed up on the turntable and onto the part and leaned in to check the i nside cut. Rotation was 6.6 rpm. Employee #1 became caught between the outside c utting head and the fan housing and was pulled through a 4 in. space. Employee # 1 suffered crushing injuries and died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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