Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 133063.015 - Employee sustains crushing injuries while troubleshooting pa

Accident Summary Nr: 133063.015 -- Report ID: 0418300 -- Event Date: 01/29/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1513505.015	02/04/2021		337215	Vulcan Industries Llc

Abstract: At 10:45 p.m. on January 29, 2021, an employee, employed as a maintenance technician, and a coworker were troubleshooting the proximity switch sensors for the Automatic Pallet Changer (APC) for a Trumpf Tru-Laser 5030 machine that were causing error codes on the program logic controller (PLC). While the employee was underneath the APC adjusting the proximity sensors on the support leg, the APC automatically lowered onto the employee, and he was caught between the APC frame and the floor. He sustained crushing injuries to his neck and upper back and an ear laceration, resulting in hospitalization.

Keywords: Back, Caught Between, Crushed, Crushing, Ear, Electric Switch, Laceration, Lowering, Material Handling, Neck, Packaging Machine, Pallet, Troubleshooting

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1513505.015	31	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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