Temporary Worker Died while Cleaning a Double Auger Screw Conveyor Machine – Massachusetts

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• Personal Author:
  Davis, Letitia ; Fiore, Michael A.
• Corporate Authors:
  Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  On December 16, 2011, a 28-year-old male temporary worker (victim) was fatally injured while cleaning and sanitizing a double auger screw conveyor machine (feed pump skid). Reportedly the victim was cleaning the machine's tub while the machine's double augers were rotating. Both of the victim's arms became caught in the double augers and he was pulled into the machine. A co-worker heard the victim yell and noticed the victim being pulled into the machine and then stopped the machine via the emergency stop. Another co-worker ran to place a call for emergency medical services (EMS). Personnel from the local and state police departments, fire department and EMS all arrived after the calls. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Massachusetts FACE Program concluded that to prevent similar occurrences in the future, employers should: 1. Develop, implement and enforce lockout/tagout procedures for maintenance and cleaning tasks for all machines
  
  2. Routinely perform job safety analysis of all tasks to ensure proper practices and procedures are implemented enabling the task to be performed safely
  
  and 3. Develop, implement and enforce a safety and health program that addresses hazard recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions. To help prevent injuries and fatalities to temporary workers, temporary agencies and worksite employers must work together to inform workers about job hazards and provide training. Temporary agencies and worksite employers should: 1. Develop a contract that clearly outlines the training and safety responsibilities for which each the temporary agency and the worksite employer are responsible. In addition, machine manufacturers should: 1. Adopt the concept of Prevention through Design (PtD) to ensure the safety and health of machine operators, maintenance workers and others working in proximity to machines.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Control-equipment Control-valves Grinding-equipment Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operation Machine-operators Occupational-hazards OSHA Region 1 Protective-measures Pumps Rotor-blades Safety-education Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Prevention through Design (PtD) ; Temporary Worker
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE11MA050
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-10
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20043804
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2014-105940
• 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 11MA050, 2014 Jan ; :1-10
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Massachusetts State Department of Public Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (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-512:2ef3d182c67509f07da80a0ca0a062d0f78b943df49b3a731b2230a0e753c86e6ae51988a8a288517cd2de3c1037e3128c6fec9af777541076b4c69463b016ba
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/165153/cdc_165153_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 482.33 KB ]