Inspection Detail

Inspection: 100861822 - Holly City Packaging

Inspection Information - Office: Marlton Area Office

Inspection Nr: 100861822

Report ID: 0213900

Date Opened: 07/22/1987

Site Address:
Holly City Packaging
1601 Eden Rd.
Millville, NJ 08332

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 728, Millville, NJ 08332

Union Status: Union

SIC:2652

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/07/1987

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/20/1987

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360730972

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 639856

Event: 07/21/1987

EMPLOYEE KILLED; CAUGHT BETWEEN RIPPERS OF SHREDDER MACHINE

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

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100861822			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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