OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221406374

CENTRAL PAPER STOCK, INC

SAINT LOUIS, MO· 2021-10-26T00:00:00

Event: Baler, Belt Conveyor, Chute, Conveyor, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Guard, Hydraulic, Hydraulic Equipment, Insufficient Supervision, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Loading, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Paper, Supervision, Training, Unguarded, Walking Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 562920
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #345600506
Employer profile: CENTRAL PAPER STOCK, INC
Summary number: 221406374
Report ID: 0729300

Event description

Employee is killed after falling into running paper baler

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 a.m. on October 26, 2021, an employee was loading paper products onto a conveyor belt that feeds the paper baler when the conveyor stopped. The employee entered the conveyor area and walked up the left side of the loading ramp toward the top to unjam the baler. After the employee unjammed the baler, the conveyor activated with the employee standing near the baler chute causing him to fall approximately 17 feet into the baler. The employee was crushed by the baler and killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 64 M

Event type
14

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