OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #704734
MIXER BLADE,UNGUARDED FL OPENING,INEXPERIENCE,FALL,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE FELL INTO FILLER-PULPER MACHINE
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 3 AM ON JULY 30, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DUMPING A BALE OF SHREDD ER AND SHREDDED PAPER. THE PULPER OPERATES CONTINUOUSLY. EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD BE EN GIVEN 3 DAYS OF ON-THE-JOB TRAINING WITH THE PULPER, AND HAD WORKED ON HIS OW N ONLY ABOUT 4 DAYS, WAS KILLED. ED PAPER INTO A FILLER-PULPER MACHINE. THE FILLER-PULPER MACHINE IS A VAT, LOCAT ED BELOW FLOOR LEVEL, WHICH IS 20 FEET IN DIAMETER, 16 FEET DEEP, AND IS EQUIPPE D WITH A MIXING BLADE AT THE BOTTOM. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A FORKLIFT TRUCK TO T RANSPORT BALES OF SHREDDED PAPER TO THE RIM OF THE PULPER. HE WOULD DISMOUNT THE FORKLIFT AND CUT THE WIRES HOLDING THE BALE TOGETHER, THEN REMOUNT THE FORKLIFT AND PUSH THE LOOSE BALE INTO AN UNGUARDED 6 FOOT, 6 INCH WIDE FLOOR OPENING. AP PARENTLY, WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CUTTING THE WIRE ON ONE OF THE BALES HE FELL THRO UGH THE FLOOR OPENING INTO THE PULPER. THE PULPER WAS FILLED TO THE TOP WITH WAT
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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