OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465504
UNITED PAPER RECYCLING, A ROCK-TENN COMPANY
DALLAS, TX·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR JAMMED PAPER HOGGER
Investigation abstract
WASTE PAPER WAS BEING RUN THROUGH A HOGGER WHEN SOME WET PAPER CAUSED IT TO JAM. THE OPERATOR AND A HELPER BEGAN TO CLEAR THE JAM WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 AND A FORKLI FT OPERATOR LEFT TO TAKE A BREAK. FOR SOME REASON, EMPLOYEE #1 DECIDED TO HELP C LEAR THE JAM AND CLIMBED INTO THE TOP OF THE HOPPER. BY THEN, THE OPERATOR AND H IS HELPER HAD FINISHED UNJAMMING AND HAD CLIMBED OUT OF THE HOGGER'S BOTTOM DISC HARGE AREA. THE OPERATOR, UNAWARE THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD GONE INTO THE TOP OF THE HOPPER, TURNED IT ON. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CAUGHT IN THE HOGGER ROTOR AND KILLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 2
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