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Accident: 201330818 - Employee Dies After Being Crushed By Flywheel

**Accident: 201330818 -- Report ID: 0213600 -- Event Date: 02/04/2005**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
308530112	02/10/2005	3444	Blackstone Business Enterprises, Inc.

On February 4, 2005, Employee #1, of Blackstone Business Enterprises, Inc., was performing maintenance on a press brake. He was changing its flywheel. The 640-pound flywheel slipped off the spindle, fell to the floor, and crushed the Employee #1's leg. He died five days later in the hospital due to complications related to the injury.

Keywords: maintenance, press brake, crushed, struck by, falling object, leg

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	308530112			Fatality	Other	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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