OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14235600
WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CAUGHT BETWEEN,MACHINE--MISC
Event description
Employee injured when caught in automatic palletizer
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was attempting to position a bag on a palletizer, apparently without turning the unit off. The machine cycled and caught the employee between the fr ame and a moving part. He was hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 877
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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