OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #997577
DOOLAN STEEL CORP
GARY, IN·
Event description
Employee killed when caught in winding coils of a slitter
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:45 p.m. on February 14, 1989, Employee #1, a lead man employ ed by Doolan Steel Corporation in Gary, IN, was feeding cardboard strips (9 in. long by 1 in. wide) onto slit steel as it was being coiled on a Cincinnati slitt er machine (serial #91185) that was located on the north side of the slitting de partment. Employee #1 was placing the cardboard strips on the coils with his rig ht hand while the machine was running between 150 to 300 ft per minute. While re aching over the steel strips nearest to him, he was caught in the coils by his r ight arm and pulled into the coiled steel on the mandrel. Employee #1 suffered a n arm amputation and a crushed head and chest and was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- Fracture (12)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's (715)
- Human factor
- MATER-HANDLG PROCED. INAPPROPR (11)
- Environmental factor
- SQUEEZE POINT ACTION (4)
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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