Accident Report Detail

Accident: 200600211 - Employee Killed When Struck By Flying Die Block

**Accident: 200600211 -- Report ID: 0625400 -- Event Date: 03/10/1998**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
300435112	03/11/1998	3312	Westbrook Mfg.

On March 10, 1998, Employee #1, an engineer and the plant manager, was adjusting the die clearance on a 400-ton hydraulic press. He stacked a die block and a small cylinder on top of the shoe and lowered the ram onto the stack. Pressure was applied to the cylinder and the die block, and then relaxed, whereupon the die block and cylinder shot out and struck Employee #1 on the right side of his chest. He suffered two fractured ribs, a collapsed right lung, and a severed artery. EMS responded, but Employee #1 had already died by the time they arrived.

Keywords: chest, ejected, severed, fracture, unsecured, work rules, struck by, artery, flying object, hydraulic press

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	300435112			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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