Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 164092.015 - Employee climbs into baler and is crushed and killed by ram

Accident Summary Nr: 164092.015 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 11/29/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1713178.015	11/29/2023		322299	Kenmore Envelope Company, Inc.

Abstract: At 11:30 a.m. on November 29, 2023, an employee was dumping carts of scrap paper into the hopper of the manual baling machine. After dumping a cart of paper, the employee ascended a work platform adjacent to the hopper and placed a closed A-frame ladder into the machine's chamber. The employee descended the closed A-frame ladder and stepped off onto the bottom of the machine's chamber. While adjusting the position of the A-frame ladder, the ram of the machine engaged, crushing the employee. The employee sustained lacerations, fractures, and avulsions to the feet, lower and upper legs, pelvis, abdomen, lower back, and hands. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Abdomen, Avulsion, Back, Baler, Crushed, Descending Ladder, Elevated Work Platform, Foot, Fracture, Hand, Hopper, Hydraulic Ram, Laceration, Ladder, Leg, Machine Cycled, Paper, Pelvis, Work Platform

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1713178.015	52	M	Fatality		Compressing and compacting machine operators

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