OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221424195

QG PRINTING II LLC

MERCED, CA· 2021-12-30T00:00:00

Event: Broken Bone, Caught Between, Chest, Crushed, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Fracture, Guard, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Malfunction, Material Handling, Mech Malfunction, Paper Machine, Paper Roll, Printer, Rib, Roll, Safety Device, Unguarded, Unstable Position
NAICS: 323111
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345707855
Employer profile: QG PRINTING II LLC
Summary number: 221424195
Report ID: 0950624

Event description

Employee is crushed by paper roll when safety device fails

Investigation abstract

At 2:35 p.m. on December 30, 2021, an employee was working at a splicing station at a large printing facility prepping a 1.5 ton industrial paper roll. The paper rolls have to be spliced into existing paper at the printing machine. An ASTI Roll Handling System automated roller device brings fresh rolls up to the splicing station. As the employee was prepping the roll he bent down to pick up a piece of waste paper. The automatic eye should have triggered when he bent over, but it was not triggered and a fresh paper roll moved forwards crushing the employee between it and the roll on the splicing station. The employee incurred broken ribs and damaged internal organs, requiring hospitalization.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 42 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
734

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