OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14518948
THE CELOTEX CORPORATION
MARRERO, LA—
Event description
Employee killed in fall into wood pulper
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:30 p.m. on May 4, 1984, Employee #1 was sitting on a guardrai l that surrounded a pulper that mashed and chopped up scraps of Celote board. Em ployee #1 was cautioned by coworkers to get off the railing because of the dange r of falling into the pulper, but he failed to heed their warnings. The machine jammed and Employee #1 was found in the pulper. The coroner's report was pending at the time this report was filed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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