OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221627896

SAMSON EQUIPMENT INC

Name: OSHA Workplace Safety Incident Index
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

LAS CRUCES, NM— 2023-12-27T00:00:00

Event: Caught By, Clothing, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Glove, Guard, Inexperience, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lathe, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Metal Lathe, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Protective Clothing, Pulled In, Safety Device, Sanding, Spinning, Unguarded, Work Surface
NAICS: 333992
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347187098
Employer profile: SAMSON EQUIPMENT INC
Summary number: 221627896
Report ID: 0653510

Event description

Employee dies after skull is crushed when pulled into lathe

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 43 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
725

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