OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #995936
GENERAL ELECTRIC APPLIANCES - BUILDING 1
LOUISVILLE, KY·
Event description
Employee killed when caught in pinch point of welder
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning the welding tip of a welder when he accidentally activa ted the welder carriage, which crushed him. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 717
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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