Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149583.015 - Employee Is Killed When Caught In Rotating Shaft and Saw

Accident Summary Nr: 149583.015 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 08/25/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1617232.015	08/25/2022		331523	Enkei America Inc.

Abstract: At 1:00 a.m. on August 25, 2022, an employee was on break from his assigned work location at a foundry. The employee was not assigned to the F-Saw riser cutting saw, but for an unknown reason was assisting in cleaning the F-Saw while on break. The incident was unwitnessed, but the employee either tripped or reached into the machine and was caught by the rotating shaft. The employee was killed when he was pulled into the blade, incurring multiple lacerations to the abdomen and chest.

Keywords: Abdomen, Caught In, Chest, Cleaning, Foundry, Laceration, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pulled In, Rotating Shaft, Saw, Unwitnessed

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1617232.015	42	M	Fatality

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