Accident Report Detail
Accident: 200674448 - Employee Killed When Impaled By Aluminum Bar
Accident: 200674448 -- Report ID: 0418800 -- Event Date: 07/24/2003 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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306182080 | 07/25/2003 | 3451 | Pan American Metal Products Co. Inc. | ||||
At approximately 11:30 p.m. on July 24, 2003, Employee #1 was operating an automatic screw machine. As he loaded a 12-foot-long aluminum bar into the machine, the bar became jammed in the machine and began to spin. As the bar spun, it bent and struck Employee #1, impaling his legs. A major artery was severed, causing Employee #1 to bleed to death within a few minutes. | |||||||
Keywords:
metal bar, impaled, guard, metal shop, jammed, struck by, artery, leg, machine--misc, puncture
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 306182080 | Fatality | Puncture | Occupation not reported |