Machine Operator Killed In Masonry Block Palletizing Machine

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• Personal Author:
  Bost, Patrick ; Bresnitz, Eddy A. ; O'Hagan, Emily ; O'Leary, Kathleen ; Schill, Donald P. ; Valiante, David J.
• Corporate Authors:
  New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On August 8, 2001, a 30-year-old machine operator was killed when his head was crushed in a masonry block-palletizing machine. The incident occurred at a plant that manufactured masonry (cement) block. The victim was a machine operator who oversaw the automated machinery that made the blocks and stacked the finished blocks on wooden pallets. The victim was working at the "cuber," a machine that arranged the rectangular blocks into a pattern that allowed them to be evenly loaded onto a square wooden pallet. There were no witnesses to the incident. Apparently, the victim was reaching into the machine with a hooked metal rod to clear a jam when his head was caught between a moving machine arm and a large bolt on the machine. NJ FACE investigators recommend following these safety guidelines to prevent future incidents: 1. Employers should develop, implement, and enforce a comprehensive safety program in the safe operation and maintenance of machinery. 2. All machines should be shut down, de-energized, and locked out before performing any type of maintenance or repairs. 3. Employers must ensure that machine guards are always kept in place. 4. Employers should conduct a job hazard analysis of all work activities with the participation of the workers. 5. Employers should become familiar with available resources on safety standards and safe work practices.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Construction Industry Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Cement-industry Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operation Machine-operators Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 2 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-environment Work-operations Work-practices Workplace-monitoring

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE01NJ092
• 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:
  9 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026705
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2010-112427
• 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 01NJ092, 2002 Mar ; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2002
• 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-512:5f5e9affd389a4b911094991d11c3bdde4546ee4bae9bb1313057d390660338bb4e9f050ce75f6484350b829f7b9a6f82109a1eabbfd038f3cad4d9b82f0311e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169231/cdc_169231_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 247.38 KB ]