Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 67752.015 - Employee Is Killed When Clothing Caught In Gas Pipe Threader

**Accident: 67752.015 -- Report ID: 0111400 -- Event Date: 08/26/2014**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
994541.015	09/10/2014		Mike Torchio & Sons, Inc.

At 1:00 p.m. on August 26, 2014, Employee #1 was threading half inch gas pipe us ing a Rigid 300 pipe threading machine. The employee's clothing became caught in the threading machine, twisting the employees shirt around his neck and suffoca ting him to death.

Keywords: caught in, clothing, pipe, suffocated, threading machine

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation	Construction
1	994541.015	59	M	Fatality		Plumber, pipefitter and steamfiter apprentices	FallDist: FallHt: Cause: Installing plumbing, lighting fixtures FatCause:

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