Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 82696.015 - Employee is crushed and killed by printing machine

Accident Summary Nr: 82696.015 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 01/22/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1119869.015	01/23/2016		327215	Carlex Glass America Llc

Abstract: At 4:00 p.m. on January 22, 2016, an employee informed management that the print head at the knob assembly station was not printing properly. Management left the area to instruct others to stop the flow of product. After management left the area, the employee made her way to the part of the machine which housed the print head. For unknown reasons, she leaned into the machine and was pinned when the machine cycled. The employee's head was caught between a fixed arm on the machine and an automatically actuated carriage which cycled, causing crushing injuries to the head and neck.

Keywords: Caught In, Crushed, Equipment Failure, Head, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Neck, Pinned, Printing, Printing Press

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1119869.015	51	F	Fatality		Machine operators, not specified

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