Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 151758.015 - Employee Is Killed While Lubricating Machine Rollers

Accident Summary Nr: 151758.015 -- Report ID: 0830400 -- Event Date: 11/29/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1636727.015	11/29/2022		322211	Bell Incorporated

Abstract: At 2:15 p.m. on November 29, 2022, an employee was lubricating conveyor rollers with WD-40 in an energized robotic cell referred to as the iPal palletizer machine. There were no other similar machines in the facility. The employee was between the robot arm and south side of the conveyor when he unknowingly activated the photo eye located at the roller plane which senses when pallets are ready to be picked up. The motion of moving the can of WD-40 over the conveyor area satisfied the photo eye which then sent the robot arm into motion, striking the employee in the back of the head, neck, and shoulder area pushing him down into the conveyor and piercing his neck, skull, and right hand. The robot arm stopped moving likely because the servos that moved the robot arm limited out due to sensing friction. The employee died due to crushing and

Keywords: activated, arm, caught between, conveyor, crushed, crushing, energized, hand, head, lockout, lockout/tagout, lubricating, neck, puncture, puncture wound, robot, roller--mach/part, sensor, shoulder, skull

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1636727.015	54	M	Fatality		Machine operators, not specified

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