Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200051993 - Employee crushed under an elevator while cleaning

Accident Summary Nr: 200051993 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 02/20/2003
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306015520	02/21/2003	2011	311611	Hormel Foods Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1 was cleaning in the area of a cardboard tote elevator. The elevator is used to bring cardboard totes from the loft area up above to the production floor below. He raised the elevator to the top and was cleaning underneath the elevator when the elevator came down crushing him. The elevator doors had an interlock on them that failed allowing the elevator to be raised with the doors open. The interlock is supposed to eliminate the operation of the elevator if the doors are open. Once the elevator reaches the top at the loft area a sensor identifies that the elevator is there and an automated system places a cardboard tote on the elevator and then the elevator is lowered back to the production floor below. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: PINNED, CLEANING, INTERLOCK, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, ELEVATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306015520			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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