Recycling Plant Worker Killed When Caught in a Closing Overhead Bay Door

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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 June 9, 1997, a 31-year-old recycling plant worker was killed when he was caught under a closing overhead bay door. The victim and his co-workers were leaving for the day when the victim went back into the plant, apparently to close the overhead door to the glass grinding building. When he did not return, his co-workers looked for him. He was found inside the glass grinding building with his neck caught between the metal roll-up bay door and a metal partition for a conveyor belt. NJDHSS 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 and employees should be aware of the dangers of drugs and other substances that may impair judgement or alertness. 3. Employers should become familiar with available resources on safety standards and safe work practices.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Occupational Injuries Safety Safety Management Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Injuries Injury-prevention Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 2 Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Substance-abuse Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-environment Work-operations Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Construction ; Hispanic - Construction ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Energy Production ; Prevention through Design (PtD) ; Waste Management and Remediation Services
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE97NJ078
• 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:
  8 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026661
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-100026
• 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 97NJ078, 1998 Feb ; :1-8
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1998
• Performing Organization:
  New Jersey Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  56 - Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services - (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-512:670d67c29ab8a9992cda14a930db9153993b666d803005f8d4609a468764b973a39f7550e9a98861994f67fe06940452671f50c17d7cd128520d9384e3387d5d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170028/cdc_170028_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 49.62 KB ]