Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200080497 - Employee killed when head caught in plating machine

Accident Summary Nr: 200080497 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 05/18/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109846964	05/18/2000	3452	0	Danaher Tool Group Dba Holo-Krome Company

Abstract: Employee #1 was working at an automated black oxide plating machine when his head became caught between the hoist trolley and the machine frame. His jaw was fractured and he suffocated on his own vomit before he could be rescued. The safety bars on either side of the hoist transporter had been disabled by a jumper cable in the relay circuit. The EMERGENCY STOP pull cord had been removed from the section of the machine in which Employee #1 became caught.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SUFFOCATED, METAL SHOP, WORK RULES, EMERGENCY STOP, CAUGHT BETWEEN, SAFETY BAR, FACE, MACHINE--MISC, VOMIT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109846964			Fatality	Fracture	Metal plating machine operators

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