OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221498025

PHOENIX WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC.

OCALA, FL— 2022-09-19T00:00:00

Event: Caught In, Clearing, Crushed, Crushing, Jammed, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Pallet, Pinned, Torso
NAICS: 321920
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346233851
Employer profile: PHOENIX WOOD PRODUCTS, LLC.
Summary number: 221498025
Report ID: 0420600

Event description

Employee is killed when pinned between machine components

Investigation abstract

At 6:00 p.m. on September 19, 2022, an employee was trying to unjam a finished wood pallet that got stuck in the Rayco Pallet Pro #3, pallet nailing machine. The employee leaned towards the point of operation to unjam the pallet manually when the machine's nail gun carriage moved towards him and pinned him against the end section of the machine. The employee's upper body was crushed, and he died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 36 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
729

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