Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149940.015 - Employee is killed when caught between machine clutches

Accident Summary Nr: 149940.015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 09/24/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1624513.015	09/25/2022		326211	The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on September 24, 2022, an employee, who worked as a machine operator for a tire manufacturer, was loading a Kong roll into windup 10 equipment on the lower level of the Hot Former Machine. The employee was caught between a Kong roll male clutch and windup 10 machine female clutch. The employee was crushed and impaled by the clutches, killing him.

Keywords: Caught Between, Clutch, Crushed, Impaled, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Puncture Wound, Torso

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1624513.015	59	M	Fatality		Machine operators, not specified

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