Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170041172 - Employee killed when caught in paper machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170041172 -- Report ID: 1055340 -- Event Date: 03/06/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305139073	03/06/2002	2621	0	Georgia Pacific Corp

Abstract: At approximately 10:40 a.m. on March 6, 2002, employee #1, a backtender, was rethreading a paper sheet onto a reel drum at the dry end of a paper machine. His arm became caught in the nip point between the reel drum and an empty spool that had been placed in the primary position directly above the reel drum. Employee #1 was pulled through the nip point and killed.

Keywords: DRUM, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, NIP POINT, PAPER MACHINE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305139073			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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