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Accident Summary Nr: 639856 - EMPLOYEE KILLED; CAUGHT BETWEEN RIPPERS OF SHREDDER MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 639856 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 07/21/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100861822	07/22/1987	2652	0	Holly City Packaging

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED UP TO THE HOPPER OF A BALER MACHINE, LOCATED 14 FEET ABOVE FLOOR LEVEL. CARDBOARD BOXES HE AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE HAD BEEN DUMPING INTO THE CONVEYOR HAD BECOME JAMMED, AND HE WAS APPARENTLY USING HIS FEET TO DISLODGE THE JAMMED MATERIAL. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE STATED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 SHOUTED DOWN TO HIM TO RESTART THE BALER. HE PUSHED THE START BUTTON, THEN INDICATED THAT HE HEARD EMPLOYEE #1 YELL HIS NAME. HE LOOKED UP AND SAW EMPLOYEE #1 IN THE SHREDDER. HE IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE MACHINE. THE RIPPER WHEELS OF THE SHREDDER AMPUTATED THE LOWER BODY OF EMPLOYEE #1, KILLING HIM.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, JAMMED, LOCKOUT

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100861822			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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