OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14500326
CAUGHT BY,TRASH COMPACTOR
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN CAUGHT IN TRASH COMPACTOR
Investigation abstract
At about 6:20 p.m. on December 1, 1989, Employee #1 was unloading a wheeled cart y contact). Employee #1 was hospitalized with a fracture. of rubbish into a refuse compactor. The compactor was mounted with the charging chamber opening at floor level. The charging chamber was about 32 in. deep. Emp loyee #1 was standing on the slow horizontal-moving ram and caught her leg or fo ot on a projection while trying to push down a cardboard box. The ram was closin g at the time and the employee was drawn into the compactor container through a 7-inch-high slot above the ram until the cycle stopped the machine. Employee #1 does not remember activating the machine but implied that it may have been set f or automatic cycling (one open-close sequence on activation rather than momentar
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 51 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 11
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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