Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201102779 - Employee injured while troubleshooting machine malfunction

Accident Summary Nr: 201102779 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 04/30/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125843995	05/10/2002	3442	0	Stiles Custom Metal Inc

Abstract: On April 30, 2002, Employee #1, a machine operator, requested the assistance of a coworker to operate the controls of a machine while he entered a caged area to troubleshoot a malfunction. The caged area was meant to act as a safeguard to prevent entry while the machine was operating, but Employee #1 had bypassed it. Once inside the caged area, Employee #1 entered the housing for the manipulator (elevator), standing on the topside, and instructed the coworker to raise the manipulator. Unknown to Employee #1 and the coworker, the control station was set for automatic run rather than manual. The manipulator rose quickly and knocked Employee #1 off the raising manipulator to the floor. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: GUARD, LOCKOUT, FALL, SAFE, WORK PLATFORM, MACHINE--MISC

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125843995			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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