A worker was injured when her arm became trapped in a machine for stapling closed plastic bags containing turkeys. The machine had no safety interlocks or emergency-stop provisions.
A universal joint on a hay grinder broke loose and struck the machine’s operator in the chest. The machine was experiencing severe vibration and operating without a guard at the time of the accident.
A worker was severely burned after he accidentally slipped into a tank of molten zinc. He had received no training or warnings about the hazards of the work area.
A worker’s hand was injured when it got caught in a dough-cutting machine. Poor training, the wrong tools, and bad ergonomics contributed to the accident.
Readers’ comments on a Safety Files cases involving a fatal mower fire reveal little change in mower design and a feeling that users should take responsibility for equipment maintenance.
Suffocation and a broken neck killed a man stuck behind the guard of a conveyor tail pulley. Several safety lapses led to the death, another instance of insufficient conveyor safety.
A worker was suffocated when a supervisor restarted a conveyor he was working on and his hands were caught in its machinery. The incident was one of many involving conveyors that are part of larger machines.
A man’s foot was seriously injured when it slipped under his self-propelled mower. Poor foot-guard design and a lack of operator-presence controls contributed to the accident.
