Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200541571 - Employee Is Caught in Steel-Forming Machine and Asphyxiated

Accident Summary Nr: 200541571 -- Report ID: 0317500 -- Event Date: 03/13/2007
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
310290564	03/14/2007	3317	331210	Ipsco Koppel Tubulars Corporation

Abstract: On March 13, 2007, Employee #1 was working for a firm that produced steel pipe and tubes from purchased steel. He was working with some components on a caster at the facility. Specifically, he was removing the motor and straightener stand from one of the strands of the caster. The system had been locked out in the main control room, but there was, stored in a cylinder, residual energy that had not been released. A hydraulic fluid flushing valve was activated, causing the head of the straightener to pivot and crush Employee #1 between a motor and the frame of the straightener. The cause of death was asphyxia.

Keywords: CHEST, ASPHYXIATED, CASTER, STEEL, CYLINDER, PRESSURE VESSEL, STEEL TUBE, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310290564			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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