An Electrician Dies When He Is Crushed Between a Traveling Hoist and a Plating Tank

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• Personal Author:
  Cierpich, Hank ; Harrison, Robert ; Styles, Laura
• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Public Health. Occupational Health Branch
• Description:
  An electrician died when he was crushed between a traveling hoist and a chrome plating tank. The victim was standing on the elevated catwalk between rows of plating tanks and was most likely leaning over a tank checking on a recent pump installation when the traveling hoist rolled past him, pinning him against the tank. The incident was not witnessed. The hoist operator stated that he was not aware that the victim was in a restricted area (danger zone) between the tanks. The traveling hoist was computer-controlled and moved automatically, and was programmed and monitored by an operator located at the front end of the plating tanks. The safety sensor device on the traveling hoist was designed to immediately shut off when it made contact with an object. However, this device was non-operational at the time of the incident. The CA/FACE investigator determined that in order to prevent future incidents, employers with moving machinery within a restricted work areas should: 1. Ensure that moving machinery is inoperable when employee access into a danger zone is required. 2. Ensure that emergency safety devices are maintained in operating condition.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Electricity Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Race Factors Safety Safety Management Staff Development

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Electrical-equipment Electrical-workers Employee-exposure Hoisting-equipment Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-operation OSHA Region 9 Racial-factors Safety-equipment Safety-practices Safety-programs Sociological-factors Training Traumatic-injuries

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Hispanic ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Foreign Born Workers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE13CA004
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-8
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20045673
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2015-102780
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 13CA004, 2014 Sep ; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  2005/07/01
• End Date:
  2026/06/30
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c9eb6e6d1fb5134b5e2d93e5cfbe21b0b0f6ac11a28971a0ba6bed88ab7ca22349381f57505193aba1e27900b0365cf83f3766dfd4cb060ec4fa695c2d5398bb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165105/cdc_165105_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 339.31 KB ]