Massachusetts Laborer Crushed in Baler at Paper Recycling Facility

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE00MA035

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Massachusetts Laborer Crushed in Baler at Paper Recycling Facility

2000/12/21
By Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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English

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Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ; Massachusetts. Department of Public Health

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Description:

On June 19, 2000, a 22-year-old male laborer (the victim) was fatally injured when he was crushed while inside a horizontal paper baler. The victim entered the hopper through a sliding glass door to clear a jammed paper bale. The operator of the baler left the machine's controls to get a paper roll for the victim. The victim was crouched between the gathering ram and the jammed paper bale preparing for the paper roll when he was crushed by the gathering ram as it cycled in the forward direction. A call was placed for emergency assistance. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene and was transported to a local hospital by funeral home personnel under the direction of a medical examiner. The Massachusetts FACE Program concluded that to prevent similar occurrences in the future employers should: 1. Ensure that machines are operating properly to eliminate potential hazards to employees; 2. Develop and enforce a hazardous energy control program for all employees with procedures including specific lockout/tagout procedures for each machine; 3. Develop a training program that includes a protocol on how to clear jams and ensure that all workers are trained in the safe operation and the potential hazards of each machine; 4. Develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive health and safety program.
Content Notes:

Publication Date provided by FACE program; not printed on the report.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Equipment-design Equipment-reliability Health-programs Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operation Machine-operators Machine-shop-workers OSHA Region 1 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022) ; ... More +

All (0000) ; Hispanic (0009) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine General (0015) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022) ; Energy Production (0024) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025) ; Waste Management and Remediation Services (0027) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE00MA035
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1

Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-7
NIOSHTIC Number:

20028501
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 00MA035, 2000 Dec; :1-7
Federal Fiscal Year:

2001
Performing Organization:

Massachusetts Department of Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1992/09/30
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-00MA035
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Main Document Checksum:

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urn:sha-512:72e171c97465d542de1b50e444a57622284bc4cc56a93bbad6443358eec0f4e93a85a6c4a715163e9a7b2461ad21e5dbbaca5ab598616f19fe0d5f61b5418af2
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