Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for New Jersey: Machine Assembler Crushed Between Machine Sections During Assembly

摘要

On June 5, 2000, a 53-year-old machine assembler was crushed between two parts of a large machine as a forklift attempted to move the parts together. The incident occurred at a machine fabrication shop that built and assembled industrial plastic processing machines. The victim had been working on a large precision coating machine and needed to connect the section containing the drive motor mechanism to the roller section. Both sections of the machine were set on metal blocks that leveled the machine and allowed access to a forklift. As the victim stood between the two sections to hold up a wire, a forklift operator positioned the lift under the drive section. This apparently caused one of the blocks to slip from underneath the machine, causing the top of the machine to pitch forward as it dropped to the floor. This forward movement was enough to pin the victim's head between the two machine sections.