OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14328447
GENERAL CHEMICAL CORPORATION
CLAYMONT, DE·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN FRAME AND GUARD OF PALLETIZER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ASKED TO OBSERVE THE AUTOMATIC SLIP PLACER ON A ABS PALLETIZER U NIT IN AN ATTEMPT TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF A JERKING MOTION. EMPLOYEE #1 LOOKED OVER THE GUARD AND DOWN AT THE CHAIN DRIVE AT THE SAME TIME AS THE MAIN FRAME A ND SLIDER DECK WERE MOVING DOWNWARD TO THE HOME POSITION. HE WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE MAIN FRAME AND THE GUARD AND WAS KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 43 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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