OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214035
DURACELL INC
CLEVELAND, TN—
Event description
CAUGHT IN ROTATING SHAFT
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was preparing to do routine cleaning on a Bliss 1300, 25-ton extrusi erry unit. The employee was wearing long-sleeved coveralls, gloves, and a shower -cap-type head covering. The employee's clothing apparently got caught by the ke y on the rotating shaft, drawing her into a 10-inch-high by 24-inch-long space b etween shaft and the concrete floor. She was killed. on press in the power room section of a warehouse. Employee #1 apparently reache d over or under a 1.5-inch diameter by 74.75-inch long horizontal drive shaft. T he shaft, which powered the Perry unit on the press, was mounted 13 inches above the floor and 9 inches in front of the machine. She was trying to reach a vacuu m hose used for cleaning. The hose was stored under the press. The drive shaft w as powered by a 50-horsepower motor and rotated at 93 rpm. It had a 6-inch love universal-type joint type coupling unit at one end (nearest employee), with a se t screw protruding 7/16 inch at a keyway, 5.75 inches from the end nearest the P
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 755
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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