Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 160753.015 - Employee is killed when crushed in handfed bending machine

Accident Summary Nr: 160753.015 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 10/14/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1703343.015	10/14/2023		336390	Faurecia Emissions Control Systems Na, Llc

Abstract: At 12:05 a.m. on October 14, 2023, an employee working as a precision metal worker for an auto parts manufacturer was working inside a pipe bender machine. The employee was laying cardboard when a coworker pressed the button to activate the machine. The employee was crushed when the mechanical bender closed on his head and neck area. The employee died from fractures, asphyxiation and lacerations.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Bending Machine, Bypass Guard, Catch Point, Communication, Crushed, Energized, Fracture, Head, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Neck, Pinch Point, Pinched, Safety Device

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1703343.015	26	F	Fatality		Miscellaneous precision metal workers

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