Laborer Struck by Steel Pipe

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• Personal Author:
  Hetzler, William E. ; Hirsh, Gary L.
• Corporate Authors:
  Nebraska Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Nebraska FACE) ; Nebraska. Department of Labor
• Description:
  A 31-year old male paper sorter/general laborer was fatally injured when he was struck by a metal pipe which got caught in a blower fan blade. He was attempting to clear a paper jam in a paper shredding machine when the incident occurred. The machine had not been turned off prior to attempting to clear the jam. The victim was hit in the head by the pipe and died instantly. The Nebraska Department of Labor (NDOL) investigator concluded that to prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Develop, utilize and enforce a lockout/tagout program to protect employees from potentially hazardous energy. 2. Develop, implement and enforce a comprehensive safety program that includes, but is not limited to, training in all hazard recognition and abatement. 3. Consider redesigning the paper flow in the paper shredder, or procure new/different equipment to alleviate the paper jam problem.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Paper Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operation Machine-operators OSHA Region 7 Paper-manufacturing-industry Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Waste Management and Remediation Services
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE95NE031
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027849
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2012-106689
• 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 95NE031, 1996 Jan ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1996
• Performing Organization:
  Nebraska Department of Labor
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1993/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0ac4dd70b92e59bdb8d02596b377cd7f270cd22432ed1decc4b7ebd4553f4afb33537595ef86820d930640f69e03f0437534863b6a9ea2d5515c407669d45d7a
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/167020/cdc_167020_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 16.31 KB ]