Machine Assembler Crushed Between Machine Sections During Assembly

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• Personal Author:
  Bost, Patrick ; O'Leary, Kathleen ; Schill, Donald P. ; Smith, Emily O. ; Valiante, David J. ; Bost, Patrick ; O'Leary, Kathleen ; Schill, Donald P. ; Smith, Emily O. ; 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 ; New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On June 5, 2000, a 53-year-old machine assembler was crushed between two parts of a large machine as a forklift attempted to move the parts together. The incident occurred at a machine fabrication shop that built and assembled industrial plastic processing machines. The victim had been working on a large precision coating machine and needed to connect the section containing the drive motor mechanism to the roller section. Both sections of the machine were set on metal blocks that leveled the machine and allowed access to a forklift. As the victim stood between the two sections to hold up a wire, a forklift operator positioned the lift under the drive section. This apparently caused one of the blocks to slip from underneath the machine, causing the top of the machine to pitch forward as it dropped to the floor. This forward movement was enough to pin the victim's head between the two machine sections. NJ FACE investigators concluded that, to prevent similar incidents in the future, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers should ensure that all loads on forklifts are properly positioned and secured before lifting. 2. Employers should conduct a job hazard analysis of all work tasks with the participation of the workers. 3. Employers should ensure that forklift operators are properly trained and certified according to the OSHA Industrial Truck regulation 29 CFR 1910.178.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management Staff Development Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-shop-workers Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards OSHA Region 2 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-environment Work-operations Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Prevention through Design (PtD) ; FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)   ; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)  
• Subseries:
  State ; State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE00NJ040
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study ; Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Pages in Document:
  8 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026695
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2010-112500
• 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 00NJ040, 2001 Sep ; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2001
• 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-512:07ff0c7899c522b294a2fd1b09553c256cccc40a3d0964c0266fbb5c9ed771be51e8881f29b3e5d971add8d312910596988076267fc2d2820d5f6026a9daad73
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/169238/cdc_169238_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 51.66 KB ]