Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14257588 - Employee Crushed By Descending Baler Table

Accident Summary Nr: 14257588 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 10/22/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
14988018	10/29/1984	2281	0	Corriher Plant Linn-Corriher Corp

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING AN ECONOMY BALER PRESS, TYPE 127, WITH SERIAL NUMBER 58870. HE ACTIVATED THE CONTROL TO LOWER THE BALER TABLE FROM ITS POSITION 41 INCHES ABOVE THE FLOOR. THE TABLE FORMED THE TOP RAIL TO AN OPEN PIT (THERE WAS NO MID RAIL). EMPLOYEE #1 FELL INTO THIS PIT UNDER THE TABLE. THE PIT'S DIMENSIONS WERE THE FOLLOWING: 54 INCHES LONG, 27 INCHES WIDE AND 10 FEET 1 INCH DEEP. THE DESCENDING TABLE CRUSHED EMPLOYEE #1 TO THE FLOOR. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD FAILED TO CLOSE THE BALER DOORS BEFORE LOWERING THE TABLE.

Keywords: baler door, rail, crushed, baler, pit, fall, midrail

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	14988018			Fatality	Other	Miscellaneous textile machine operators

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