Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 94830.015 - Employee is caught between baler and baler door and is kille

Accident Summary Nr: 94830.015 -- Report ID: 0454712 -- Event Date: 04/12/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1225825.015	04/13/2017		326112	Flexsol Packaging Of Nashville Llc

Abstract: At 6:30 p.m. on April 12, 2017, an employee was making a bale of scrap plastic in Baler Number 3. The employee's head was between the baler and the baler door when he used a carpet roll lift to shut the baler door. The employee head was crushed between baler and baler door. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Baler, Baler Door, Caught Between, Crushed, Head

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1225825.015	51	M	Fatality		Machine operators, not specified

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