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Death by Bailing Machine

2006 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance

If you have ever worked with a Bailing Machine, you are familiar with all the safety features involved. It is almost impossible to operate the machine while the gate is open, and if you do manage, you do not want to be anywhere close to the opening.

I have used to different binders myself and both had 2 sets of gates. The first set went side to side and the second from top to bottom. One of the gates had to be closed for the hydraulic press to function, if you opened the gate the hydraulic press would stop.

With that in mind I am still mind boggled by the incident that occurred at a Tennessee Recycling Center.

On July 31, 1996, a 20-year-old laborer (the victim) at a recycling center died as a result of injuries he received after he was caught between the platen and the top of the baling chamber door of a vertical-downstroke baling machine. There were no eyewitnesses to the incident. Upon arrival at the work site, a co-worker noticed the victim leaning over the top of the baling chamber. When the victim did not return the co-worker's greeting, the co-worker went to investigate and found that the victim had been caught between the platen and the baling chamber door edge. He notified the local volunteer fire department/ emergency medical service which responded in 5 minutes. The victim was removed from the baling machine and transported to a local emergency room where he was pronounced dead. Subsequent examination by investigators revealed that the machine's safety gate interlock had been bypassed, allowing the machine to operate with the gate in the raised position.

Find reference at: http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/face/In-house/full9623.html

Submitted on 09/13/2006

Submitted by: Tom C.
Reference: July 31, 1996

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James said:
Maybe Toss: Lacks Excellence
Thanks, Tom. We don't seem to have this particular story in our archives, but we DO have a few "bypassed the safety measure and got caught in the machine" stories. The lack of eyewitnesses and detail detract from what might have been a contender. I do concur with you, however, on the need to exercise extreme common sense when working around such machinery!


Fitzroy said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I don't fundamentally disagree with James, but I don't think "worker deactivates crucial safety feature then gets caught up in giant machine" stories have become too common just yet. More information would be nice, but the basics are all clear enough for me.


Sheryl said:
Definitely Toss: Lacks Excellence
Thanks for the story, Tom. From your link, I found "There was no written safety policy or program, or training program. The victim had some experience in material handling having operated a forklift during a previous employment. It appears that he had not operated a baling machine prior to working at the recycling center." This reduces the stupidity for me. He just wasn't trained to use the machine correctly.


Jorge said:
Definitely Toss: Too Common
This machines are very dangerous or all their operators are very stupid. Either way this is a very common submission here on the DA's


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