Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 789693 - Employee dies when hair catches in clutch

Accident Summary Nr: 789693 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 07/15/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115777146	07/22/1993	2411	0	Lapine Equipment Sales Inc

Abstract: At approximately 6:30 a.m. on July 15, 1993, Employee #1 was fatally injured when she engaged an "over center" manual clutch on a 40 horsepower motor water pump that was mounted on a homemade trailer. Employee #1 was preparing to refill a watertank truck that she was driving. Her hair was in a long braid that hung below her waist. When Employee #1 leaned forward to engage the clutch handle, her hair swung down and became entangled around the pump shaft. Her head twisted 180 degrees and the back of her head contacted the pump housing. She was found dead by another employee at 7:30 a.m. that same morning and was transported to the LaPine Funeral Home in LaPine, Oregon.

Keywords: HEAD, HAIR, WORK RULES, SHAFT, ENTANGLED, LOGGING, PUMP

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115777146			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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