Accident: 170572648 - Killed When Caught In Machine Rolls

Employee #1 began his shift at 8:00 p.m. and went on break just before 10 p.m. Coworkers returning to their work areas observed smoke in the air and went toward the mill area, where they saw the Employee #1's shoe and part of his body caught in the rolls. They hit the safety switch and stopped the machine. Apparently, Employee #1 had cut the rubber off the bottom rolls to toss it into the upper rolls when he became entangled with the rubber and was pulled into the top rolls. Employee #1 was killed.

roller--mach/part, caught between, amputated, entangled

Accident: 201062973 - Entangled In Net With Dolphin

Seventeen employees were performing a dolphin capture exercise in a dolphin stadium at a marine amusement park. They were working in the holding pool in the stadium. This was the fourth time this particular operation had been done at the pool, each time with a different pair of dolphins. The two dolphins to be captured were being guided by a nylon net toward a shallow area of the pool (called a "slide out") for holding and transport. One of the employees (employee #1) was free diving in the pool on the opposite side of the net from the dolphins. One of the dolphins had already been captured, but the second young dolphin was not familiar with the net and was swimming in the deeper part of the pool as the net was being brought around. Other employees both in and out of the water were responsible for pulling the net toward the slide out and keeping the net taut so that the dolphin could not escape. The dolphin swam into the net toward employee #1 near the northeast corner of the pool, about a meter from the slide out, in about 3.7 meters of water. Employee #1 grabbed the dolphin through the net to subdue the animal and bring it to the surface. The dolphin was calm for a moment and then began to spin, entangling both the dolphin and the employee in the net and pulling them deeper. The employee sustained three fractures and torn ligaments in her right arm, which was entangled in the net. Other employees brought her to the surface while she was still conscious. The injured employee was hospitalized.

net, animal handler, entangled, fracture, arm, amuse park/carnival

Accident: 14222301 - Killed When Caught In Auger

At approximately 8:20 a.m. on March 13, 2000, Employee #1 and coworkers were digging post holes to install a security fence on his employer's property. They were using a Massey-Ferguson #231 tractor with an attached post hole digger (auger). Employee #1 was walking around to apply pressure to the guide on the auger when his left pant leg and shirt became entangled in the auger's driver shaft. His left leg was twisted and amputated below the knee. Employee #1 became caught in and was thrashed around the auger numerous times, his head apparently striking the drive line of the auger. He was killed. The auger did not have any guards or shields to protect workers from becoming caught.

construction, tractor, auger, unguarded, clothing, entangled, drive shaft, amputated, head, rotating shaft

Accident: 100351352 - Dies In Fall While Trimming Tree

On July 21, 1998, Employee #1 was working for a company that had been contracted by Basic Nursery, Watha, NC, to remove and chip five trees on its property. Since the trees were in danger of falling on the shrubs and plants in the nursery, Employee #1, a professional tree climber, was hired for one day to top and trim the trees being removed. He was working on the fourth tree being cut, had topped the tree, and was working his way down, taking off limbs as he went. On the last branch to be cut, Employee #1 tied off his body belt to the limb and then proceeded to cut it at a location 18 in. above his tie-off point. When he got through the midpoint of the cut, the limb began to droop. At that point, the workers on the ground started putting tension on the rope that was tied to the limb to direct it away from the plants below. When Employee #1 was about three-quarters of the way through his cut, the branch started to fall. Since it was not cut cleanly through, the bark started to peel off on the underside of the limb. This occurred from the cut point down toward the base of the limb where it met the main trunk. This peeling action lifted Employee #1's lanyard off the branch, where it became entangled in the limb that was now starting to fall to the ground. The weight of the limb pulled Employee #1 out of the tree and propelled him, face first, into the pile of limbs on the ground that had been previously cut. He was temporarily rendered unconscious, but was roused by coworkers. Rescue services was called because Employee #1 was showing signs of shock and of multiple fractures to his wrist and legs. Unknown to his coworkers, he was also suffering from internal injuries. The ambulance arrived within 10 minutes and Employee #1 was rushed to a nearby hospital. While in route, he went into cardiac arrest. CPR was started in the ambulance and continued at the hospital. Employee #1 was pronounced dead approximately 45 minutes after the accident.

work rules, tree felling, tree limb, fall, lanyard, entangled, unconsciousness, fracture, caught by, cpr

Accident: 170572945 - Killed In Fall From Roof

On, June 19, 1998, Employee #1 was working alone, servicing an HVAC and refrigeration system for a Pizza Hut take-out facility. He was working on the steep, approximately 12-in-12 pitched roof using a 6 ft stepladder that was on top of a pickup truck camper. The roof height from ground to eave was 11 ft 2 in. At 11:30 a.m., Employee #1 phoned a dispatcher with his company and said the job would be completed by 12 noon. At 12:10 p.m., management from Pizza Hut phoned Employee #1's company and said that Employee #1 had fallen. Sumter County EMS responded and found Employee #1 on the concrete pavement between the building and the truck, with rope tangled around his legs. Apparently, Employee #1 had fallen from the roof, struck his back on the truck, and landed on the pavement. He was airlifted to the hospital, where he died at 6:20 p.m. that same day of head injuries sustained in the fall. The ladder Employee #1 was using was not secured. No fall protection was used, and no proper fall arrest system was provided.

roof, work rules, stepladder, fall, unsecured, fall protection, unstable position, entangled, head, slope

Accident: 170150734 - Arm Injured When Caught In Rotating Shaft

Employee #1 was using a 1 1/2 in. wide strip of emery cloth to polish the surface of a 2 1/2 in. by 60 ft long shaft. The cloth became caught in the chuck and wrapped his right arm around the shaft. Employee #1's body stalled the motor, and he was able to hit the foot-operated OFF/ON switch with his foot. The shop foreman and another machinist untangled Employee #1 from the shaft and provided first aid before he was then transported to the company doctor's office.

arm, rotating shaft, rotating parts, clothing, entangled, caught by, work rules, foot control

Accident: 510032 - Fingers Amputated In Compactor/Baler

Employee #1, of Sanitary Disposal, Inc., was operating a cardboard compactor/baler. He was removing some extraneous wire from inside the tie enclosure when his hand became entangled in the wire twisters in the bale tie mechanism. He was unable to remove his hand before the tie mechanism cycled, and three of his fingers were amputated. Employee #1 received first aid and was transported by ambulance to the local hospital and then to a larger hospital in Portland. Surgery to reattach his fingers was not successful. Employee #1 did not stop the machine prior to opening the tie enclosure nor did he activate the emergency STOP button on top of the enclosure.

baler, hand, entangled, finger, amputated, lockout, work rules, caught by, emergency stop

Accident: 14401194 - Killed When Caught In Winding Machine

Employee #1, age 20, was clearing a backlash on a spool of wire that was being off wound on a winding machine. He tried to cut the wire without shutting off the machine and became entangled. Employee #1 was pulled under the spool and his head struck the metal frame of the machine. He was killed. Employee #1 had been instructed to always shut off the machine before attempting to clear a backlash.

entangled, wire drawing machine, lockout, caught by, struck against, head, work rules