Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202343430 - Employee crushed and killed when pulled into machine

Accident Summary Nr: 202343430 -- Report ID: 0352440 -- Event Date: 09/07/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307568147	09/07/2004	3499	332999	Gischel Machine Co Inc

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a Giddings and Lewis Horizontal Milling Drilling and Boring Machine, Model 340-T Serial Number 7337, when his clothes caught on the bit lock of a rotating shaft that was operating at 26 RPM. The rotating shaft pulled the employee into the machine preventing him from hitting the emergency stop. The employee was killed.

Keywords: ROTATING SHAFT, MACHINE OPERATOR, EMERGENCY STOP, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307568147			Fatality	Other	Machinists

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