OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14568208
UNSECURED,WORK RULES,INTERLOCK,CRUSHED,BALER,RAM
Event description
Employee killed when caught in baler
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 had just come back from lunch when his coworkers found him caught in a Load King, model V6030, serial #6391, waste baler machine. He was killed when the upper part of his body was crushed in the machine. The top door of the mach ine had been wired open and there was no interlock on the door to prevent the ba ler from operating with an open door. The baler opening was 21 in. by 63 1/2 in. between the ram and the bottom door. It was 45 1/2 in. from the opening to the floor. There was no material in the area to be baled and none was found in the m achine.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 749
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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