OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14543433
WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,CAUGHT BETWEEN,CRUSHED,INEXPERIENCE,BALER,UNTRAINED,RAM
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CAUGHT BETWEEN BALER RAM AND GATE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A HYDRAULIC BALER MANUFACTURED BY PIQUA ENGINEERING IN UPPER GATE (GUARD) AS THE RAM WENT UP. THE UPPER PART OF HIS BODY FROM THE BELT WAS UNDER THE GATE (GUARD) AND RAM. THE LOWER TORSO WAS DANGLING OUT. BOTH EMPL OYEES WERE 17 YEARS OLD AND HAD RECEIVED NO TRAINING ON BALER OPERATION FROM MAN AGEMENT. C., PIQUA, OHIO (MODEL 30/60 HIGH DENSITY-INDUSTRIAL). HE HAD REMOVED A FINISHED BALE FROM THE BALER AREA. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WENT BEHIND THE MACHINE TO UNHOOK TH E TWO CHAINS USED TO EJECT THE BALE AFTER IT WAS TIED. THAT EMPLOYEE STATED THAT HE TOLD EMPLOYEE #1 "OK" (MEANING THAT THE CHAINS WERE UNHOOKED). HE THEN HEARD EMPLOYEE #1 YELLING. HE CLIMBED OVER THE OPEN DOOR AND SAW EMPLOYEE #1 CAUGHT B ETWEEN THE TOP OF THE RAM, THE GATE (GUARD), AND THE TOP RIGHT SIDE OF THE MACHI NE FRAME. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD APPARENTLY BEEN OPERATING THE RAM IN THE NORMAL (AUTO) MODE WITH THE BOTTOM LIMIT (MICRO) SWITCH. EMPLOYEE #1'S BODY WAS CAUGHT BY THE
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 17 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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