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Accident: 200203651 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed By Machinery

Accident: 200203651 -- Report ID: 0418200 -- Event Date: 05/12/2011
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
31464197805/13/20113479First American Resources Company, Llc
On May 12, 2011, Employee #1 was working for an employer that specialized in the coating of coils. The coating machine used for this process consisted of several accumulators, ovens, and drive motors with idler rollers attached. While the machine was in operation, Employee #1 opened the machine's metal cage, designed to guard moving parts, to inspect the rollers of the machine. For an unknown reason, Employee #1 then reached into the machine, causing his hand to become caught by the moving parts. Employee #1's upper body was pulled into the machine, killing him.
Keywords: fracture, guard, machine operator, caught by, roller--mach/part, crushed, coating operation, hand
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 314641978 Fatality Amputation Supervisors, production occupations

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