Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 134441.015 - Employee is killed after being crushed by machine door

Accident Summary Nr: 134441.015 -- Report ID: 0522300 -- Event Date: 03/30/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1522608.015	03/31/2021		331524	General Aluminum Mfg. Company

Abstract: At 6:20 p.m. on March 30, 2021, an employee was loading a part into a Herschel Knockout Machine #2616 when a coworker actuated the machine by using the two hand control. The control is designed to stop the heavy door from closing and raise it to its initial position once the operator removes his hands. However, when the coworker removed his fingers the door kept closing. The coworker hit the emergency stop which should have caused the door to stop immediately, but instead the door finished cycling and closed on the employee crushing and killing him.

Keywords: Aluminum Processing, Casting, Caught Between, Caught In, Chest, Crushed, Door, Emergency Stop, Energized, Fracture, Frame, Inexperience, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Malfunction, Mech Malfunction, Two-Hand Control

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1522608.015	43	M	Fatality

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