A Welder Dies After Being Crushed by a Hydraulic Door on a Scrap Metal Shredding Machine

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• Corporate Authors:
  California Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (CA/FACE) ; California. Department of Health Services. Occupational Health Branch
• Description:
  A 52-year-old welder was crushed to death by a hydraulic door on a scrap metal shredder. The victim was attempting to remove a jammed piece of metal from the hydraulic door when the incident occurred. The system's energy had not been released and the controls were not locked, blocked, or tagged out before the victim attempted to remove the jam. Two coworkers stated that the victim told them he had secured the system. The company did not require a supervisor's visual confirmation of de-energizing and lockout / tagout prior to maintenance work. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to prevent future occurrences, employers, as part of their Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) should: 1. Ensure all employees follow the company's established procedures for de-energizing of energy sources and lockout / tagout. 2. Ensure employees block mechanisms from moving prior to performing repairs or maintenance. 3. Consider implementing additional compliance procedures as part of their program to ensure safe work practices.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Maintenance Metals Metal Workers Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Staff Development Welding Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Maintenance-workers Metal-industry-workers OSHA Region 9 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Training Traumatic-injuries Welders Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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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/NIOSHSFACE02CA004
• 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:
  8 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027304
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-111101
• 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 02CA004, 2002 Oct ; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  23 - Construction - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1c7c3e9a07ff1a3f6de91c124fe8028d5ba6fb83be9f3f9b9eddee60c6c32f29334da5b90e19f71c19cce6180e9420c9018657c8940a18fc6572bd7c23d81c23
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/168937/cdc_168937_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 191.34 KB ]