Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 167251.015 - Employee dies from head injuries when caught in energized ma

Accident Summary Nr: 167251.015 -- Report ID: 0625500 -- Event Date: 06/07/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1753707.015	06/07/2024		311412	Cuisine Solutions San Antonio

Abstract: At 11:00 a.m. on June 7, 2024, an employee working as a machinery maintenance technician for a frozen food manufacturer was troubleshooting a ring remover since food trays were getting stuck. The employee bypassed the magnetic safety interlock gates and crawled underneath the conveyor. A coworker, the machine operator, was not aware that the employee was underneath the machine when he turned the machine from manual to auto and reactivated the machine to get it unjammed. The employee was struck by the carriage of the ring remover as a result. According to the police report, the employee had apparent trauma to his head and a deep laceration on his left cheek from his ear to his chin. The employee died as a result of his injuries.

Keywords: Activated, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Catch Point, Caught Between, Caught In, Communication, Conveyor, Ear, Face, Falling Object, Food processing, Gate, Head, Inexperience, Insufficient Supervision, Interlock, Jammed, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Miscommunication, Pinch Point, Pinched, Safety Device, Stuck, Technician, Troubleshooting

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1753707.015	50	M	Fatality		Machinery maintenance occupations

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