Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Oregon: Machine Operator Dies After Head Crushed in Machine, FACE-06-OR-26-1.

摘要

On March 30, 2006, a 38-year-old production machine operator was fatally injured while making adjustments to a flatbed thermoforming machine at a plastics manufacturing company. The machine operator and a co-worker were making final adjustments on the oven and platen stop of the machine to run a different product. The machine operator rolled out the oven and began working inside the oven cavity while the co-worker made adjustments to the top platen, about 4 feet away on the opposite side of the oven. After calling the warning 'clear,' the coworker lowered the platen by activating a pneumatic toggle, so he could make a final adjustment. Discovering a small part was missing, the co-worker climbed off the machine and looked for the machine operator. He found him injured under the machine. The co-worker called on his cell phone to the supervisor for help, and 911 was called. The victim was taken to a hospital and underwent several surgeries. He remained in a comatose state until his death 53 days following the incident.