Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on August 25, 2000, Employee #1, working at a butter, cheese and dried milk production company, sustained a serious injury. He had been a maintenance mechanic at the company for over seven years. At the time of the accident, Employee #1 was called to the barrel room at Plant Number 3 to fix a broken switch on the bottom line barrel conveyor. Employee #1 went to the switch location and positioned himself between the bottom conveyor and the second conveyor. At that time, the Cheese Department called for a new barrel. When the barrel was automatically sent from the second conveyor to the Cheese Department, the ram that moved the barrels on the second conveyor returned to the back position. This caused crushing to the Employee #1's right calf and tore cartilage in his left knee. Employee #1 was hospitalized for two nights. The employer failed to lock out the conveyor during repair operations.