Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 816546 - REPAIRMAN KILLED WHEN STRUCK IN HEAD BY LIFTING BAR

Accident Summary Nr: 816546 -- Report ID: 0112000 -- Event Date: 06/01/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103351177	06/02/1988	2653	0	The Tiffany And Pickett Company

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REPAIRING A SHERIDAN DIE CUTTER BY INSERTING A TURN OVER BAR INTO A TURN OVER HUB. THE BOTTOM PLATEN OF THE MACHINE HAD BECOME MISALIGNED. TURNING THE MACHINE OVER BY HAND IS NORMAL PROCEDURE. THE TURN OVER BAR WAS BEING LIFTED BY A JACK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVING THE JACK TO PLACE THE BAR IN A LOWER HOLE ON THE HUB. AS HE BENT OVER TO REMOVE THE JACK, THE TURN OVER BAR IN THE HUB CAME UP AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE HEAD. HE WAS KILLED. THE BOTTOM PLATEN GOES UP AND DOWN ON A CAM SYSTEM. THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS THAT THE TURNING OF THE HUB HAD PLACED THE CAM AT THE TOP. WITH THE WEIGHT OF THE PLATEN, THE CAM ALLOWED THE PLATEN TO FALL, FORCING UP THE BAR AND HUB.

Keywords: HEAD, REPAIR, DIE CUTTING PRESS, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, JACK, PRESS, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103351177			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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