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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478135

AMPUTATED,DEADMAN CONTROL,LEG,BALER,FALL,UNGUARDED,RAM

Event
AMPUTATED,DEADMAN CONTROL,LEG,BALER,FALL,UNGUARDED,RAM
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14478135
Report ID
111100

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)

  1. #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
  2. #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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