Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 154210.015 - Employee is killed when crushed by impact crusher lid

Accident Summary Nr: 154210.015 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 02/28/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1653596.015	02/28/2023		562920	Mid Michigan Crushing And Recycling, Llc

Abstract: At 9:00 a.m. on February 28, 2023, an employee working as a machine operator for a materials recycling business had been inspecting the inside of an impact crusher. When the employee was climbing out of the crusher the safety pins sheared and the housing fell. The 6,000-pound lid closed on the employee crushing his chest and killing him.

Keywords: Bypass Guard, Caught Between, Chest, Cotter Pin, Crushed, Crusher, Crusher Door, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Door, Falling Object, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Sheared

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Demolition					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1653596.015	29	M	Fatality		Crushing and grinding machine operators	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Demolition Fatality Cause:

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