Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200991313 - Employee Is Killed When Caught in Machine

Accident Summary Nr: 200991313 -- Report ID: 0551800 -- Event Date: 10/21/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307960526	10/25/2004	2032	311422	Delmonte Foods

Abstract: On October 21, 2004, Employee #1 was working at the bottle-dump descrambler bottle ketchup line. There were empty ketchup bottles that had fallen onto the floor under the automated lift elevator. She untied the wire that was holding the two gate guards closed. She then leaned over the bottle base frame of the lift to retrieve the empty bottles. The lift elevator descended down as she was leaning over the frame crushing her between the lift elevator bottom and frame. She was hospitalized and died several days later.

Keywords: CHEST, ELEVATOR GATE, GUARD, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, NIP POINT, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307960526			Fatality	Other	Packaging and filling machine operators

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