Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170366249 - Employee killed when caught in drive shaft of machine

Accident Summary Nr: 170366249 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 12/16/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125349902	12/17/1998	3479	0	Midwest Pipe Coating, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was feeding steel bars onto the conveyor of a home-built burn-off machine. The burn-off machine had two ovens, each with four burners, and was used to burn oil and other residue from pipes and steel bars before coating them with plastic resins. Employee #1 was on the drive side of the drive train, which ranged between 15 and 39 in. above the floor, when the drive train caught his unzipped jacket. As his jacket was pulled in, he became wrapped around the rotating shaft and was killed. The drive shaft was not guarded.

Keywords: CLOTHING, FURNACE, ROTATING SHAFT, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, DRIVE SHAFT, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125349902			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Furnace, kiln and oven operators

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