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Accident: 110347.015 - Employee Is Pinned Between Machine Sections, Later Dies

Accident: 110347.015 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 10/24/2018
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
1355519.01510/24/2018Winpak Portion Packaging, Inc.
At 11:00 a.m. on October 24, 2018, an employee was part of a crew of three employees troubleshooting an issue with a thermoformer and was making adjustments to a vacuum pump between two large sections of the machine. The employee was caught and pinned between the two sections and was found unresponsive by coworkers before being transported to a local hospital, where he later died.
Keywords: pinned, unconsciousness, caught between, thermoformer
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 1355519.015 61 M Fatality Bruise/Contus/Abras Machinery maintenance occupations

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