OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14559447
COMMERCIAL COATING, INC.
CASPER, WY—
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUFFOCATED BY PIPE ROLLING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A REMCO PIPE WRAPPING AND COATING MACHINE. WHILE COATING 4 3 FOOT LONG SECTIONS OF METAL PIPE, HE WAS DRAWN INTO THE MACHINE AND SUFFOCATED . EMPLOYEE #1'S JOB WAS TO ROLL UNCOATED PIPE ONTO HYDRAULIC ROLLERS WHICH FED I NTO THE COATING MACHINE. THE MACHINE WAS ABOUT 8 FEET FROM EMPLOYEE #1'S ACTUAL WORK STATION. FOR UNKNOWN REASONS, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN A PAIR OF THE CHAIN-DRIVEN RUBBER ROLLERS AND PULLED INTO THE MACHINE. HIS ELBOW AND ARM APPEA RED TO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE ROLLERS. HE WAS PULLED INTO A 16 INCH CIRCULAR OP ENING WHICH HAD A 5 1/2 INCH OUTSIDE DIAMETER PIPE AT IT'S CENTER.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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