Recycling Center Laborer Crushed in a Vertical Upstroke Baling Machine

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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 ; New Jersey Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Project (NJ FACE) ; New Jersey. Department of Health and Senior Services. Occupational Health Service
• Description:
  On April 17, 1996, a 72-year-old recycling center laborer was crushed to death after falling into the loading chamber of an industrial baling machine. The incident occurred as the victim and his co-workers were compacting and baling discarded newspapers in a vertical upstroke baling machine. This machine used a 12-foot-deep pit in the floor as a loading chamber. The victim, a "broom-man" who usually swept loose material into the baler, was working near the machine when he apparently fell into the loading chamber pit. His co-workers, not knowing that he was in the baler, filled the loading chamber with newspapers and started the machine. NJ FACE investigators concluded that, to prevent similar incidents in the future, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employees should keep a minimum distance of six feet from the baler's loading chamber floor opening. 2. Employees should be trained to safely operate and maintain the baler. 3. Older baling machines should be retrofitted to comply with the safety requirements of the American National Standards Institute. 4. Employers should develop an effective lockout/tagout program for machine maintenance. 5. Employers should be aware of educational and training resources for health and safety information.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Hazardous Substances Health Promotion 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 Health-hazards Health-programs Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operators Occupational-accidents Occupational-hazards Occupational-health-programs Occupational-safety-programs OSHA Region 2 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Training Traumatic-injuries Work-areas Work-environment Work-operations Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Energy Production ; Prevention through Design (PtD) ; Waste Management and Remediation Services ; FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Energy Production ; Prevention through Design (PtD) ; Waste Management and Remediation Services
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)   ; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)  
• Subseries:
  State ; State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE96NJ026
• 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:
  9 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026627
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2014-103483
• 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 96NJ026, 1997 Feb ; :1-9
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• 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:ecd3dfd056f5b14ddcab56a3299b1d20236621180c038b9bbd27edfdbab3d677680f8c14aa4acc8fbe8ba71b5e4a74a6932d6e28fc77ccb2cc611524eaabe5f7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170051/cdc_170051_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 30.74 KB ]