Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 67629.015 - Employee is killed while working inside bailing machine

Accident Summary Nr: 67629.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 09/05/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
994253.015	09/05/2014		423930	Atlas Metal & Iron Corporation

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on September 5, 2015, an employee was working inside the bailing machine when one of the hydraulic bailing rams was activated. The employee came into contact with the ram, which caused him to be crushed and the upper portion of his body dismembered. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Amputation, Baler, Caught Between, Caught In, Crushing, Lockout/Tagout, Ram, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	994253.015	50	M	Fatality		Machine operators, not specified

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