Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 951152 - Employee crushed to death between guard and beam

Accident Summary Nr: 951152 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 04/18/1997
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
126638899	04/18/1997	2621	0	Chesapeake Paper Products Company

Abstract: At approximately 8:00 p.m. on April 18, 1997, Employee #1 was replacing a broken roller arm on a limit switch which, when made up, allows a paper roll to be ejected from a paper machine. He placed an 8 ft stepladder against a barrier gate guard that was in its lowest position. He then positioned his body in the 16 in. high opening between the barrier gate guard and a fixed metal beam that measures 4 1/2 in. wide when the guard passes by it. As he had removed the roller arm, the switch made up, causing the guard to cycle. As the guard was going up, it carried the ladder and the employee with it, crushing him between the guard and the fixed beam. He was killed. Employee #1 had not locked out the equipment.

Keywords: REPAIR, BARRIER GUARD, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, PAPER MACHINE, LIMIT SWITCH

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126638899			Fatality	Fracture	Misc. electrical & electronic equipment repairers

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