Massachusetts Foundry Manager Dies When Caught in Die Casting Machine

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99MA070

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Massachusetts Foundry Manager Dies When Caught in Die Casting Machine

2000/12/01
By Massachusetts Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Project (Massachusetts FACE) ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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

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On December 22, 1999, a 36-year-old male second shift foundry manager (the victim) was fatally injured while cleaning the die of a cold chamber die cast machine. The foundry's quality control inspector had notified the victim that one of the die cast machines was producing castings with a blemish on the exterior surface. The victim entered the machine operating area and leaned in-between the two sections of the die to clean them. The machine cycled to the closed position bringing the two sections of the die together while he was still in-between them. The city police and fire departments were notified immediately and arrived within minutes securing the scene of the incident. The medical examiner was notified and upon arrival at the incident site pronounced the victim dead. The MA FACE concluded that to prevent similar occurrences in the future, the employer should: 1. Enforce a comprehensive lockout/tag out program and constantly review and update the program and training. 2. Ensure that new safety devices are installed properly and are effective before implementing them. 3. Obtain information from the die cast machine manufacturer on the proper way to controlling hazardous energy when purchasing a used or remanufactured machine.
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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Equipment-operators Foundries Foundry-workers Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Management-personnel OSHA Region 1 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Manufacturing (0012) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025)

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Manufacturing (0012) ; Foreign Born Workers (0022) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025) Less -
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99MA070
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Massachusetts ; OSHA Region 1

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CIO:

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

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

1-7
NIOSHTIC Number:

20028498
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2010-115337
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 99MA070, 2000 Jun; :1-7
Federal Fiscal Year:

2000
Performing Organization:

Massachusetts Department of Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1992/09/30
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-99MA070
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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