OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14430318
MOUNTAIN STATES BEAN COMPANY
DENVER, CO·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by falling machine
Investigation abstract
Employees were setting up a packing machine that was manufactured by Massman Aut omation, model MA-101. The feet of the case erector were being adjusted so that the erector could be attached to the machine's main body. As the employees made the last adjustment, the case erector fell over onto Employee #1. He was killed, sustaining craniocerebral and spinal injuries. The employees were not trained o n how to assemble the machine. The case erector was not secured.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 2
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