Supervisor has head crushed by an injection molding machine when it cycles during set-up in California

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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 33-year-old supervisor (decedent) died when his head was crushed between a hydraulic cylinder and a panel of a plastics injection molding machine. The decedent was setting-up the machine for a run and was in the process of tightening a bolt. While tightening the bolt the decedent positioned his head so that it was between the hydraulic cylinder and a panel of the machine. During this time the machine cycled, and his head was caught. The employer had no written instructions for the set-up procedure. The employer also did not have an Injury and Illness Prevention Program (IIPP) or any written safety or training information. The CA/FACE investigator determined that, in order to prevent future occurrences, employers should: 1. ensure employees do not place body parts in the pinch point of machines
  
  2. develop a written procedure which covers the manner in which machine set-up should be performed and ensure that it is understood and followed
  
  3. establish and implement a written company safety program.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-operation Machine-operators Machine-shop-workers Occupational-health-programs Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 9 Protective-equipment 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
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE98CA001
• 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:
  7 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027182
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2007-111648
• 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 98CA001, 1998 Jul ; :1-7
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Performing Organization:
  California Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (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:c773b493ffda7bb47854cf59c9635729da53cf059ccf8c373dba467afc9bb7c6baa86e59266ca90510fa3e8aef1fed5ec47cb97e658f81c1df2e67c1c0e6a79f
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/168986/cdc_168986_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 19.10 KB ]