Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 112475.015 - Employee Is Crushed And Killed By Wind-Up Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 112475.015 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 01/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1370482.015	01/10/2019		313230	Sontara Old Hickory Inc

Abstract: At 5:45 p.m. on January 10, 2019, an employee was operating the SL-2 wind-up machine. The employee's head was crushed between the primary arm and a stationary component on the SL-2 wind-up machine. The automatically actuated primary arm cycled while the employee's head was in the path of the arm. The employee sustained an acute head injury, with heavy cranial trauma.

Keywords: crushed, head, lockout/tagout, robot

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1370482.015	59	M	Fatality		Machine operators, not specified

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