Machine Operator Crushed in a Paper-Pulp Storage Tank

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• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On July 21, 1999, a 54-year-old machine operator at a paper manufacturing plant was found dead in a paper pulp storage tank. No one saw the incident. The victim was discovered missing from his workstation near the chest and was found when the tank was drained to investigate a seized belt. Apparently, the victim fell into the tank through a small access hatch, possibly as he stepped over the hatch to take a shortcut to his work area. NJ FACE investigators concluded that, to prevent similar incidents in the future, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers should conduct a job hazard analysis of all work activities with the participation of the workers. 2. Employers should develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive employee safety program.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-operation Machine-operators Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Occupational-health-programs Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 2 Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-operations Work-practices Worker-health

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99NJ062
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  6 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026761
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-100205
• 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 99NJ062, 2000 May ; :1-6
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2000
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  2005/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:49290e640061f901e8c45a584dd8c4f69a2657a2540c81452d950ebf9da0c130e69f0e41c2ac35c42e0db20c9d3dc06e2743fe30267bf7f0efce7c739d7c39ac
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169204/cdc_169204_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 103.08 KB ]