Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201342862 - Employee died while performing maintenance

Accident Summary Nr: 201342862 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 01/08/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306163858	01/08/2003	7933	713950	Ridge Road Bowl, Inc. Dba West Acres Bowl

Abstract: Between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. on January 8, 2003, Employee #1 was cleaning the equipment on an automatic bowling pin setting machine. Without locking or tagging out the equipment, he climbed into the inner workings of the machine to remove the dust from the pin bed. For some reason, the machine became self activated and the pin setting bed raised up. Employee #1 was crushed in between the pin setting bed and the top frame portion of the machine. Employee #1 was hospitalized and pronounced dead due to asphyxia.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, ASPHYXIATED, PIN, PINNED, BOWLING ALLEY, CRUSHED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306163858			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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