Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200651412 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Tool Slide

Accident Summary Nr: 200651412 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 04/12/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
122018435	04/12/2008	3444	333415	Greenheck Fan Corporation

Abstract: At approximately 7:00 a.m. on April 12, 2008, Employee #1, a maintenance employee, was changing a screw on the tooling slide of a curb forming machine. Prior to starting the work, Employee #1 communicated to a coworker, who was working in another room, that he was removing the guards on the machine. Employee #1 was laying on his side, on the floor, underneath the machine with the tooling slide in the up position, and he loosened the chain idler attached to the hydraulic motor and drive sprocket at the lower end of the screw mechanism. The chain released tension, causing the approximately 800-1,000 pound tooling slide to fall 11 inches onto the chest of Employee #1. Employee #1 was killed from compression asphyxiation.

Keywords: CHAIN, CHEST, MAINTENANCE, ROTATING PARTS, ASPHYXIATED, SUFFOCATED, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, SPROCKET, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	122018435			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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