Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 131432.015 - Employee is crushed while clearing jammed auto shredder

Accident Summary Nr: 131432.015 -- Report ID: 0729700 -- Event Date: 11/30/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1504632.015	12/02/2020		562111	Midwest Scrap Management

Abstract: At 7:38 a.m. on November 30, 2024, an employee working as a machine operator for a scrap collection service climbed into an auto shredder hydraulic assembly to remove piece of steel. The employee was checking the double feed roller looking for any obstructions that kept it from opening all the way. The machine activated crushing the employee. The employee was hospitalized to treat broken ribs and fractured vertebrae.

Keywords: Activated, Air Pressure, Asphyxiated, Back, Broken Bone, Caught In, Chest, Clearing, Contusion, Crushed, Fracture, Insufficient Supervision, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Power Roller, Rib, Safety Device, Scrap, Shredder, Steel, Struck By, Unsafe Position, Vertebra

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1504632.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Crushing and grinding machine operators

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