Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14383384 - Employee dies when brain punctured by wire rod end

Accident Summary Nr: 14383384 -- Report ID: 0524530 -- Event Date: 09/29/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103280178	10/01/1993	3312	0	Laclede Steel Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was operating a wire rod drawing machine (bullblock). The rod enters the die block to be drawn down in diameter, then exits at a smaller diameter and recoils on the bullblock machine head, which turns at up to 750 rpm. The metal guard around the rotating head was insufficient to keep the rod end from flying out over the guard. Employee #1 was standing by the machine head when the rod end whipped out over the guard in a lasso-type rotation and struck him. The rod end punctured Employee #1's head just above his ear canal, then exited and recoiled on the machine. Employee #1 was killed by a 4 in. long puncture in his brain.

Keywords: EJECTED, HEAD, ROTATING PARTS, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, BRAIN, UNGUARDED, PUNCTURE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103280178			Fatality	Puncture	Occupation not reported

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