Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 59288.015 - Employee is crushed while making repairs

Accident Summary Nr: 59288.015 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 03/11/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
963275.015	03/12/2014		331315	Norandal Usa, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:50 a.m. on March 11, 2014, an employee was last seen walking back to Mill #3 with a wrench to loosen the bolts to the bridle. When the employee was discovered, he was caught between the bridle and the plumbing for the hydraulic system, the bolts had been loosened and the plates holding the bridle pulled back. The employee was opening or pulling the bridle back and was crushed between the bridle and the plumbing for the hydraulic system. The employee sustained multiple traumatic injuries including crushing injuries to the thorax, abdomen and neck. He fractured his spine at the 6th and 7th cervical and 2 to 8 thoracic vertebra, and was killed.

Keywords: Abdomen, Caught Between, Crushed, Hydraulic Pump, Neck, Spine, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	963275.015	56	M	Fatality		Machine operators, not specified

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