Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 758458 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN COPE AND BLOWPLATE OF A COREBLOWER

Accident Summary Nr: 758458 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 06/16/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103932786	06/16/1987	3321	0	Indianapolis Casting Corporation

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 AM ON JUNE 16, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING BLOW TUBES ON A SHALCO 4-103 COREBLOWER MACHINE (SN 5620) WHILE LYING ON TOP OF THE BELL AND COPE. HE WAS USING A HAND HELD AIR POWERED DRILL. THE CORKBLOWER MACHINE CYCLED, RAISING THE COPE AND DRAG TO THE "UP" POSITION. THE EMPLOYEE WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE COPE AND THE BLOW PLATE, AND SUFFERED SEVERE INTERNAL INJURIES. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, WHERE HE DIED OF HIS INJURIES AT 6:15 AM.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, MACHINE--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103932786			Fatality	Other	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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