OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14569065

BOISE CASCADE CORP PAPER GROUP

ST HELENS, OR— 1984-06-15T00:00:00

Event: UNSECURED,BLOCKS,WORK RULES,PAPER ROLL,ROLLER--MACH/PART,CRUSHED,PAPER MACHINE,UNSTABLE POSITION
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #15072606
Employer profile: BOISE CASCADE CORP PAPER GROUP
Summary number: 14569065
Report ID: 1054111

Event description

Employee killed when crushed between two paper rolls

Investigation abstract

At approximately 12:40 a.m. on June 14, 1984, Employee #1, the winder operator o n the #1 paper machine, was on the paper machine side of the winder, preparing t he reel on the winder backstand for splicing. Another full reel of paper had bee n placed on a 12 to 14 inch high stack of slab/broke (defective paper) on the fl oor, about 5 to 6 feet away. This approximately 10-ton full reel rolled off the slab/broke, crushing Employee #1 against the reel that he had been preparing. He was pronounced dead at 1:25 a.m. that day. The full reel had been set on an uns table pile of slab/broke and had not been blocked or otherwise made immovable.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
5

Event type
2

Source
43

Occupation code
77

Human factor
11

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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