Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14473821 - Employee pinned and killed in automatic case palletizer

Accident Summary Nr: 14473821 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 01/15/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109638551	01/16/1992	2032	0	Del Monte Corporation, Plant #109

Abstract: At approximately 2:00 a.m. on January 15, 1992, Employee #1 was repairing the in-feed conveyor chain system on an automatic Columbia case palletizer. The elevator portion of the palletizer activated, pinning the employee between the bottom of the elevator and the lower part of the palletizer. He was killed. Use of lockout could have avoided the fatality.

Keywords: REPAIR, PINNED, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CONVEYOR, ELEVATOR, MACHINE--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109638551			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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