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Accident Summary Nr: 14465504 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLEAR JAMMED PAPER HOGGER

Accident Summary Nr: 14465504 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 08/17/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101015923	10/07/1986	5093	0	United Paper Recycling, A Rock-Tenn Company

Abstract: WASTE PAPER WAS BEING RUN THROUGH A HOGGER WHEN SOME WET PAPER CAUSED IT TO JAM. THE OPERATOR AND A HELPER BEGAN TO CLEAR THE JAM WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 AND A FORKLIFT OPERATOR LEFT TO TAKE A BREAK. FOR SOME REASON, EMPLOYEE #1 DECIDED TO HELP CLEAR THE JAM AND CLIMBED INTO THE TOP OF THE HOPPER. BY THEN, THE OPERATOR AND HIS HELPER HAD FINISHED UNJAMMING AND HAD CLIMBED OUT OF THE HOGGER'S BOTTOM DISCHARGE AREA. THE OPERATOR, UNAWARE THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD GONE INTO THE TOP OF THE HOPPER, TURNED IT ON. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CAUGHT IN THE HOGGER ROTOR AND KILLED.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CLEANING, JAMMED, LOCKOUT, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101015923			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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