Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 700047 - Employee killed when crushed in pinch point

Accident Summary Nr: 700047 -- Report ID: 0522000 -- Event Date: 08/23/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103272175	08/23/1996	3312	0	Ak Steel Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1, an operator of a door machine on a coke oven battery, was outside the operator's cab. When the extractor unexpectedly rotated, he became caught in an unguarded pinch point created between the door machine's extractor mechanism and the wall of the operator's cab. Employee #1 was crushed to death.

Keywords: WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, MECH MALFUNCTION, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103272175			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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