PRCS fatality due to LOTO failures (Concrete Mixer(s))
We hear it often... "Who would turn the machine on while I'm working on it?" It happens more often than most think.
Employee # 1 and Coworker #1, Coworker #2, and Coworker #3 were cleaning two (2) concrete mixers. Employee #1 was paired with Coworker #1 to clean out a mixer. Employee #1 entered Mixer #1 and began chipping out the concrete build-up while Coworker #1 removed debris from the outside of the machine. Coworker #2 and Coworker #3 were cleaning out Mixer #2 using the same process. Employee #1 had exited Mixer #1 and was leaning over the opening to retrieve a power tool when Coworker#2 exited the mixer and asked Coworker #3 to bump the blades of Mixer #2 to remove inaccessible concrete. Coworker #3 activated Mixer #1 instead of Mixer #2, and Employee #1 was caught between the rotating blades and the machine's body. Employee #1 was pulled into the machine and was killed due to a near decapitation to the back of the skull and neck, a jaw fracture, and fractures to the left elbow. |
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