Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200713675 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed by Steel Plate Fixture

Accident Summary Nr: 200713675 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 08/04/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311951107	08/05/2009	3724	336412	Camtech Precision Manufacturing, Inc.

Abstract: On August 4, 2009, Employee #1 was cleaning the underside of a steel plate fixture in order to install it onto a milling machine. Employee #1 suspended the fixture overhead near the milling table, using a 2-leg chain sling and a grabber at the end of each leg. The grabbers could not hold the weight, and the fixture fell onto Employee #1, crushing and killing him.

Keywords: CHAIN, STEEL PLATE, HOISTING MECHANISM, CLEANING, MILLING MACHINE, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, SLING, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	311951107			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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