Worker Asphyxiated When Caught in Rotating Shaft of Cable Reel Trailer

Bost, Patrick; O'Leary,Kathleen; Smith, Emily O.; Stanbury, Martha; Valiante, David

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE97NJ114

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Worker Asphyxiated When Caught in Rotating Shaft of Cable Reel Trailer

1998/08/03
By Bost, Patrick ; O'Leary,Kathleen ; Smith, Emily O. ; ...
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Bost, Patrick ; O'Leary,Kathleen ; Smith, Emily O. ; Stanbury, Martha ; Valiante, David

Bost, Patrick ; O'Leary,Kathleen ; Smith, Emily O. ; Stanbury, Martha ; Valiante, David Less -
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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 Less -
Description:

On December 6, 1997, a 26-year-old telecommunications company worker died from injuries sustained when his hand became entangled in a tape he was winding around an unguarded shaft on a cable reel trailer. His clothing also became entangled and he was pulled against the machine. The rotating shaft was normally used for mounting collapsible power reels for cable and functioned as a winch for pulling lines and cable. The worker was attempting to use the unguarded protrusion of the rotating shaft, without the reel, for the same purpose. FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents, the following safety guidelines should be followed: 1. The employer should consider appointing one worker in each crew as a supervisor. 2. All machines should be inspected for unguarded hazards and retrofitted with machine safeguards. 3. The employer should include hazard recognition in the employees' training.
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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
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Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Accidents Communication-workers Communications-industry Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operators Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards OSHA Region 2 Safety-clothing Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-clothing Work-operations Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Manufacturing (0012) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025)

All (0000) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Manufacturing (0012) ; Prevention through Design (PtD) (0025) Less -
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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
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State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE97NJ114
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

New Jersey ; OSHA Region 2 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

10 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

20026668
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2013-108449
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 97NJ114, 1998 Aug; :1-10
Federal Fiscal Year:

1998
Performing Organization:

New Jersey Department of Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

51 - Information - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1991/09/30
End Date:

2005/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-97NJ114;FACE 97-NJ-114-01;
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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