OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14320667
RADVA CORPORATION
NORRISTOWN, PA—
Event description
CRUSHED BETWEEN PRESS PLATES OF MOLDING MACHINE
Investigation abstract
ON NOVEMBER 1, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 4:55 PM, THE EMPLOYEE WAS OPERATING A HORI ZONTAL EXPANDABLE POLYSTYRENE SHAPE-MOLDING MACHINE. THE MOLDING MACHINE WAS BEI NG USED TO PRODUCE ROOF PROFILES (INSULATING TILES OF POLYSTYRENE). THESE ITEMS ARE 2 BY 8 BY 36 INCHES IN SIZE. THREE TILES ARE MOLDED AT ONE TIME. THE EMPLOYE E'S HEAD WAS CRUSHED BETWEEN THE PLATES OF THE MOLDING MACHINE. THE SAFETY GATES AND INTERLOCKS WERE DEFEATED AND INOPERATIVE, PERMITTING THE EMPLOYEE TO PLACE PART OF HIS BODY BETWEEN THE PLATES OF THE MACHINE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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