Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14384440 - Employee dies of asphyxia when crushed on manlift

Accident Summary Nr: 14384440 -- Report ID: 0523300 -- Event Date: 06/03/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122467392	06/03/1997	2621	0	Consolidated Papers, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was on a manlift. The emergency STOP and safety switches became inoperable, and he could not escape from a step moving upward at 75 fpm and 16 ft above the top landing. Employee #1 was crushed at the head pulley and died of asphyxia. For some reason, the company's safety department had stopped the required weekly inspection of the manlift's up-side safety switches three years before the accident.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, WORK RULES, EMERGENCY STOP, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, AERIAL LIFT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122467392			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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