Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200627032 - Employee Is Struck by Axis Arm< Later Dies

Accident Summary Nr: 200627032 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 06/16/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317243293	06/16/2013	3711	336111	Nissan North America Inc

Abstract: At approximately 12:50 a.m. on June 16, 2013, Employee #1 was working in a maintenance crew replacing a gear reducer and gaskets on an articulating robot. Employee #1 walked under the axis arm of the robot at the same time the arm, along with axes and welding tooling, mounted at the end of axis arm. The arm pivoted around the axis and collapsed into another axis arm, perpendicular to the floor. Employee #1 was caught between the tooling axis arms and the robot. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital with multiple blunt force injuries, where he later died.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, ROBOT, COLLAPSE, STRUCK BY, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	317243293			Fatality	Concussion	Machinery maintenance occupations

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