FACE Facts: Two Workers Killed in Steel Slitting Machinery!

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  California. Department of Public Health
• Description:
  In recent incidents, two machine operator helpers, 18-year-old Pedro N.*, and 37-year-old Jaime C.* (* Not the victim's real name), died while helping co-workers operate steel slitting machinery. Both apprentices were crushed in between layers of steel being wound into large rolls. Pedro and Jaime were pulled into the steel slitting machines when they got caught in the moving steel. There were no barriers or safety interlock devices that prevented the workers from entering the unsafe areas of the machines where they were killed. What Went Wrong? The steel slitting machines had open areas (pinch points) where the workers were caught in moving parts or steel. Pedro and Jaime worked too close to large, unprotected, fast-moving rolls of steel. What Should Be done? Machine pinch points should be physically guarded or have safety interlock systems. Workers should not operate or work near running machinery pinch points if the machinery has no guarding/interlock, or if the guarding/interlock is defective, or if it has been bypassed.** (** Exceptions may be made in some work situations where long-handled tools are used). Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Manufacturing and Industrial Facilities
  • Metal Workers
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Injuries
  • Fatalities
  • Injury prevention
  • Safety practices
  • Equipment operation
  • Equipment operators
  • Machine operators
  • Machine safety
  • Steelworkers
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 9
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20059533
• Citation:
  Richmond, CA: California Department of Public Health, 2007 May; :1-2
• Contact Point Address:
  California Department of Public Health, Occupational Health Branch, FACE Program, 850 Marina Bay Parkway, Building P, 3rd Floor, Richmond, CA 94804
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2007
• Performing Organization:
  Public Health Institute
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  FACE facts: two workers killed in steel slitting machinery!
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228971/cdc_228971_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 170.19 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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