Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 69865.015 - Employee Is Choked To Death By Tangled Clothing in Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 69865.015 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 01/09/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1017207.015	01/09/2015		327320	Suffolk Construction Corp.

Abstract: At 8:45 a.m. on January 9, 2015, an employee was lubricating a bearing on a concrete crusher. The employees clothing became entangled in the unguarded rotating power transmission shaft, choking the employee and fracturing his vertebrae. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Caught In, Crusher, Crushing, Drive Shaft, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Shaft

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1017207.015	54	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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