OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #731885
NAAS FOODS INC
GENEVA, IN—
Event description
HEAD STRUCK BY ROTATING REEL SPOKE; PINNED AGAINST FRAME
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRYING TO FIND OUT WHY JUICE CANS WERE JAMMING UP AT THE EXIT PO INT OF AN FMC 46 OUNCE CAN COOLER. THE COOLER WAS 40 FEET HIGH AND 112 INCHES IN DIAMETER. THE CANS WERE JAMMING AT THE TOP OF THE UNIT. THE COOLER HAS AN 8 SPO KED SUPPORT FRAME AND A ROTATING COOLING REEL WITH 6 SPOKES. EMPLOYEE #1 LOOKED UP THROUGH THE LOWER PORTION OF THE FRAME IN AN ATTEMPT TO SEE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CAN EXIT. HE LEANED INTO A FRAME OPENING AND GOT TOO CLOSE TO THE ROTATING R EEL. A SPOKE STRUCK HIS HEAD AND CRUSHED IT AGAINST THE FRAME. HIS SKULL WAS CRU SHED. HE DIED SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVING AT THE HOSPITAL.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 519
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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