OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478135
GATES FORMED-FIBRE PRODUCTS, INC.
AUBURN, ME·
Event description
LEG AMPUTATED IN BALER MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS MANUALLY FEEDING A HYDRAULIC HORIZONTAL BALER. SCRAP FIBERS WERE PLACED IN CARTS WHICH WERE INDIVIDUALLY ROLLED ONTO A HYDRAULIC SCISSORS-LIFT P LATFORM, THEN DUMPED INTO THE BALER MOUTH. DUE TO DESIGN ALTERATIONS, THE RAM OP ERATED CONTINUOUSLY. EMPLOYEE #1 FELL INTO THE BALER OPENING AND SUFFERED AN AMP UTATED LEG. WHEN THE BALER WAS MODIFIED FROM AN AUTOMATIC FEED TO A MANUAL FEED MACHINE, ADEQUATE SAFETY DEVICES (DEADMAN CONTROL OR SIMILAR) WERE NOT INSTALLED .
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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