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Sanitation Worker Incidents
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Sanitation Fatality:
A sanitation
worker at a poultry plant was cleaning out a chiller. The motor that powers
the paddles inside the chiller was accidentally turned on by a coworker who
was cleaning a different chiller. Neither the main power control nor the chiller
control box had been locked or tagged out in accordance with
29 CFR
1910.147,
The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout). The employee was struck
by and caught between the rotating paddle blades and the interior wall of
the chiller. He died of severe chest injuries approximately 28 hours after
the accident.
Sanitation Fatality:
In preparation
for the next day's work, a clean-up crew was using a high pressure water hose
to clean machines in a feather picking room. One of the two employees was
preparing to wash down a feather picking machine, and the other was washing
down a scalder machine. The first employee cranked open his machine to get
inside and wash out feathers that had lodged throughout the machine during
the feather picking process. Electric cords were pinched between the metal
crank and the metal frame of this machine, and the insulation on the cords
was pierced. As a result, an energized conductor was contacting the metal
frame of the machine. Because the machine was turned off at the time, the employees
were unaware of the condition of the cord. The first employee then moved between
the two machines to begin the wash down. When he contacted the energized machine
frame, he was electrocuted. His coworker received an electric shock when he
tried to pull the first employee from the area. The second employee was hospitalized
for his injury.
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