OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14328447

MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED

1987-11-11T00:00:00

Event: MAINTENANCE,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14328447
Report ID: 317020

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

#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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