OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #976142
DIE,HEAD,SHOULDER,IMPALED,POINT OF OPERATION,ARM,FACE,CASTING DIE
Event description
Employee killed when head is impaled in die casting machine
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:00 a.m. on October 4, 1988, Employee #1, a 41-year-old die ca st machine operator, was lubricating the dies on a Cast Master die cast machine, serial #67-181, when he accidentally tripped the cycle button and safety bar si multaneously while his head was inside the point of operation. As the dies close d together, a 1 1/2 inch diameter and 3 inch long guide post on the right die im paled the right side of Employee #1's face. His left arm and shoulder were also caught in the point of operation. Employee #1 was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Ft. Wayne and pronounced dead.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 719
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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