Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149802.015 - Employee is killed when pinned between machine components

Accident Summary Nr: 149802.015 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 09/19/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1623385.015	09/20/2022		321920	Phoenix Wood Products, Llc.

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on September 19, 2022, an employee was trying to unjam a finished wood pallet that got stuck in the Rayco Pallet Pro #3, pallet nailing machine. The employee leaned towards the point of operation to unjam the pallet manually when the machine's nail gun carriage moved towards him and pinned him against the end section of the machine. The employee's upper body was crushed, and he died.

Keywords: Caught In, Clearing, Crushed, Crushing, Jammed, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Pallet, Pinned, Torso

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1623385.015	36	M	Fatality		Nailing and tacking machine operators

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