OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221550734

INTERNATIONAL PAPER

ROCHESTER, NY— 2023-03-26T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Caught Between, Cleaning, Crushed, Energized, Head, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Point Of Operation
NAICS: 322211
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346586647
Employer profile: INTERNATIONAL PAPER
Summary number: 221550734
Report ID: 0213600

Event description

Employee dies after head is crushed while cleaning machine s

Investigation abstract

At 10:00 p.m. on March 26, 2023, an employee was working as a machine operator for a corrugated box manufacturer. The employee was possibly adjusting or cleaning the electric photo eyes on a bundle breaker machine. The machine was energized, in run mode and not locked out. The employee broke the light beam and the machine cycled. The employee was crushed about his head in the point of operation and died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
779

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