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Accident: 201041761 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By Counterbalance

Accident: 201041761 -- Report ID: 0953220 -- Event Date: 04/03/2004
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
30758339304/04/20045149Nevada Water Company, Llc.
Employee #1 was working as a filler operator at the Nevada Water Company when he left the control panel for an unknown reason and went to the bottle filling area. He was struck in the head by the counterbalance arm and was killed. He was discovered on the floor by a coworker when the bottle supply to the labeler stopped.
Keywords: fracture, head, counterbalance, guard, machine operator, lockout, struck by
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 307583393 Fatality Fracture Packaging and filling machine operators

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