Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 723239 - EMPLOYEE DIES WHEN CRUSHED BY SCREWDOWN ASSEMBLY

Accident Summary Nr: 723239 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 08/03/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103447892	08/04/1992	3353	0	Reynolds Metals Co.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 5:10 P.M. ON MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 1992, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER WORKER WERE REPLACING KEEPERS ON THE MESTA 120-INCH HOT ROLLING MILL SCREWDOWN ASSEMBLY. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LYING IN AN AREA MEASURING 61 1/2 INCHES BY 20 INCHES BETWEEN THE NUT AND SCREW AND THE PRESSURE BLOCK, REMOVING KEEPER KEY BOLTS. AFTER EMPLOYEE #1 HAD REMOVED BOTH KEEPERS, THE SCREWDOWN ASSEMBLY, WEIGHING APPROXIMATELY 8,000 POUNDS, CAME DOWN ON EMPLOYEE #1 AND CRUSHED HIM.

Keywords: ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, BOLT, FALLING OBJECT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103447892			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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