Machine Operator Crushed to Death After Falling Into a Plastic Pellet Blender

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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 February 28, 1992, a 28-year-old male machine operator was crushed to death after he fell into a large blending machine that mixed plastic pellets. The incident occurred as the victim was apparently walking near the edge of the open blender when he slipped and fell into the operating machine. NJDOH FACE investigators concluded that, in order to prevent similar incidents in the future, these safety guidelines should be followed: 1. Employers should develop and implement a comprehensive employee training program that requires training and certification in the safe operation of industrial machinery. 2. Employers should perform periodic safety inspections of all machines and workstations to ensure that safety interlocks and railings are in place and in good working order. 3. Employers should eliminate slip hazards by ensuring that work areas are kept free of debris. Employees should maintain all personal protective equipment, including work shoes, in good condition. 4. Employers should consider the use of engineering controls for controlling safety hazards in the workplace. 5. Employers should develop and implement an emergency response plan.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report
  
  Formerly NJ9205
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Emergencies Emergency Responders Engineering Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-potential Accident-prevention Emergency-care Emergency-response Engineering-controls Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operation Machine-operators Safety-education Safety-engineering Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-practices Safety-programs Traumatic-injuries Work-environment Work-operations Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Falls ; Hispanic ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE92NJ005
• 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:
  4 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026527
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2013-104904
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 92NJ005, 1992 Sep ; :1-4
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1992
• 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-512:6e752dc5033b510641afdf4d2e09e39be53731ca22f054c46056641c16f1fd8117ee86a744ac66a4424252b4380438a539aaee063d9868763681f91ebfd368e7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170118/cdc_170118_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 66.71 KB ]