Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 775817 - EMPLOYEE CAUGHT BETWEEN SAW TABLE AND LIFT TABLE

Accident Summary Nr: 775817 -- Report ID: 0627700 -- Event Date: 02/06/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
108863069	02/14/1992	2541	0	Double M Corporation

Abstract: AT 11:00 PM ON FEBRUARY 6, 1992, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CLEANING UP SAWDUST FROM AROUND THE GIBIN COMPUTERIZED PANEL SAW. THE UNIT WAS DOWN FOR MAINTENANCE DUE TO A BROKEN BRACKET THAT SECURES THE ELECTRICAL CABLES RUNNING TO THE SAW. THE EQUIPMENT WAS NOT LOCKED OUT. EMPLOYEE #1 RAISED THE LIFT TABLE FOR SWEEPING THE SAW DUST WITH AN AIR HOSE. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE DEPARTED TO ANOTHER PLANT AREA. AT 11:20 PM, EMPLOYEES HEARD EMPLOYEE #1 SCREAM AND, RUNNING TO HIS RESCUE, THEY FOUND HIS HEAD AND ARMS TRAPPED BETWEEN THE STATIONARY SAW TABLE AND THE RISING LIFT TABLE. THE NIGHT SUPERVISOR RAISED THE LIFT TABLE, FREEING EMPLOYEE #1, BUT NOT BEFORE HIS NECK AND SPINE WERE BROKEN. THE OFFICE HAD BEEN SECURED SO AN EMPLOYEE WENT TO A NEARBY ESTABLISHMENT TO SUMMON MEDICAL HELP. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS HOSPITALIZED IN CRITICAL CONDITION, AND EXPIRED ON FEBRUARY 15TH.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SPINE, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, SAW, CAUGHT BETWEEN, NECK, TABLE SAW

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108863069			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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