Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202475737 - Employee Is Killed by Robotic Palletizer

Accident Summary Nr: 202475737 -- Report ID: 0950636 -- Event Date: 07/21/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
312661507	07/21/2009	5141	424410	Golden State Foods Corp

Abstract: At approximately 7:55 a.m. on July 21, 2009, Employee #1 was operating a robotic palletizer for Golden State Foods, Inc., a food processor and packager for fast food restaurants. She entered the caged robotic palletizer cell while the robotic palletizer was running. She had not deenergized the equipment. Her torso was crushed by the arms of the robotic palletizer as it attempted to pick up boxes on the roller conveyor. She was killed.

Keywords: ROBOT, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, FOOD PACKAGING MACH, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, PALLET

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312661507			Fatality	Other	Machine operators, not specified

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