Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 140637.015 - Employee is killed after falling into running paper baler

Accident Summary Nr: 140637.015 -- Report ID: 0729300 -- Event Date: 10/26/2021
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1560050.015	10/26/2021		562920	Central Paper Stock, Inc

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on October 26, 2021, an employee was loading paper products onto a conveyor belt that feeds the paper baler when the conveyor stopped. The employee entered the conveyor area and walked up the left side of the loading ramp toward the top to unjam the baler. After the employee unjammed the baler, the conveyor activated with the employee standing near the baler chute causing him to fall approximately 17 feet into the baler. The employee was crushed by the baler and killed.

Keywords: Baler, Belt Conveyor, Chute, Conveyor, Crushed, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Guard, Hydraulic, Hydraulic Equipment, Insufficient Supervision, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Loading, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Paper, Supervision, Training, Unguarded, Walking Surface, Work Surface

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1560050.015	64	M	Fatality

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