Pug mill operator killed after entanglement

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Kentucky Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (KY FACE) ; University of Kentucky. College of Public Health. Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center
• Description:
  On November 19, 1996, a 25-year-old female pug mill operator at a brick manufacturing plant was killed after her clothing became caught in a rotating shaft. She was strangled as the rotating shaft tightened her clothing around her neck, restricting her airway. In order to prevent similar incidents from occurring, FACE investigators recommend: 1. machines with rotating parts should have guards to prevent worker contact ; 2. employers should designate a competent person to conduct regular safety inspections and coordinate routine safety and injury prevention meetings ; 3. employers should provide a kill switch (panic bar) within reach of the pug mill that stops the rotation and allows free movement of the shaft ; 4. employers should install a hand rail around the platform where pug mill operators stand ; 5. employers should instruct employees not to wear loose-fitting clothes near moving parts.
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities
  • Occupational Health
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Protective Clothing
  • Safety
  • Safety Management
  • Workplace
• Keywords:
  • Accident-analysis
  • Accident-potential
  • Accident-prevention
  • Accidents
  • Injuries
  • Injury-prevention
  • Safety-education
  • Safety-equipment
  • Safety-practices
  • Traumatic-injuries
  More +
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Manufacturing ; Prevention through Design (PtD)
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE96KY125
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Kentucky ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  5 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20026357
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2012-105550
• 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 96KY125, 1997 Aug ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1997
• Performing Organization:
  Kentucky Department of Health Services
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  31-33 - Manufacturing - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1993/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Resource Number:
  FACE-96KY125
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/170201/cdc_170201_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 38.66 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:bf4b3d34dab13003a9851ddc8ba494e4f76bcb150470ae6c59dbb58d148b1eba3be0984e191838074f5f44c92ecdb1957d225c24d69326450f8fb30eafca7c44