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Supervisor dies when caught between an adjusting bar and the frame of a knitting machine in California.

Authors
Public Health Institute
Source
Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 97CA002, 1997 Aug; :1-3
Link
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/stateface/ca/97ca002.html
NIOSHTIC No.
20027148
Abstract
A 51-year old supervisor/mechanic (decedent) died when he was caught and pinned at the neck between an adjusting rod (take-up) and the leg of the frame of a knitting machine. The decedent was attempting to correct a problem with the lines of thread feeding into the knitter. With the protective gate (machine guard) open due to a defeated interlock, he pushed the machine's stop button. He then apparently squatted down to look at the knitted cloth as the machine was coming to a stop. Before the machine stopped, the decedent's neck became pinned. The CA/FACE investigator concluded that, in order to prevent future occurrences, employers should: 1. implement a formal, written program that provides requirements to perform maintenance on knitting machines including locking out and tagging 2. use knitting machines designed so controls can only be operated by an employee from a safe distance from moving parts and so interlocks cannot be easily defeated.
Keywords
Region-9; Accident-analysis; Accident-prevention; Accidents; Injuries; Injury-prevention; Traumatic-injuries; Work-operations; Work-analysis; Work-areas; Work-performance; Work-practices; Safety-education; Safety-equipment; Safety-measures; Safety-monitoring; Protective-measures; Protective-equipment; Machine-guarding; Machine-operation; Machine-operators; Maintenance-workers
Publication Date
19970804
Document Type
Field Studies; Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation
Funding Type
Cooperative Agreement
Fiscal Year
1997
NTIS Accession No.
PB2007-112043
NTIS Price
A02
Identifying No.
FACE-97CA002; Cooperative-Agreement-Number-U60-CCU-907284
SIC Code
NAICS-31
Source Name
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
State
CA; WV
Performing Organization
Public Health Institute
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Education and Information Division