OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14552525
HAYWARD INDUSTRIES
ELIZABETH, NJ·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed in molding machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 entered a 700-ton plastic injection molding machine to help release a plastic mold after a test shot. To operate the injection platen, a coworker ha d to close the front gates, bypass all safety interlocks, and operate the push b uttons at the operator's station. Employee #1 was holding an aluminum wedge in p lace inside the machine and when the machine was activated. He was crushed and k illed between the guide post and the plasticizing chamber.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 18
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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