OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #639856
MAINTENANCE,AMPUTATED,WORK RULES,JAMMED,LOCKOUT
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED; CAUGHT BETWEEN RIPPERS OF SHREDDER MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED UP TO THE HOPPER OF A BALER MACHINE, LOCATED 14 FEET ABOVE F LOOR LEVEL. CARDBOARD BOXES HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN DUMPING INTO THE CO NVEYOR HAD BECOME JAMMED, AND HE WAS APPARENTLY USING HIS FEET TO DISLODGE THE J AMMED MATERIAL. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE STATED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 SHOUTED DOWN TO HIM T O RESTART THE BALER. HE PUSHED THE START BUTTON, THEN INDICATED THAT HE HEARD EM PLOYEE #1 YELL HIS NAME. HE LOOKED UP AND SAW EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE SHREDDER. HE IM MEDIATELY STOPPED THE MACHINE. THE RIPPER WHEELS OF THE SHREDDER AMPUTATED THE L OWER BODY OF EMPLOYEE #1, KILLING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 2
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