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3755 UNIVERSITY AVE NE, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55421
Standard 182065302
Standard 19100212 A03 II
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH IN BARREL MAKING MACHINE
ON FEB 6, 1987, SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE PERFORMING ADJUSTMENTS ON A SIX-STATION B ARREL MAKING MACHINE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ATTEMPTING TO CYCLE THE MACHINE 1/6 OF A T URNTABLE REVOLUTION SO THAT THE NEXT BARREL HOLDING POST WOULD MOVE INTO THE ADJ USTMENT POSITION. WHEN HE REACHED FOR THE TRIP BUTTON OF THE MACHINE HE PLACED H IMSELF IN A HAZARDOUS POSITION BETWEEN ONE OF THE BARREL POSTS AND THE FIXED GLU ING HEAD (ABOVE THE ADJACENT POST). WHEN THE MACHINE TRIPPED HE WAS CAUGHT IN TH E CHEST AREA AND CRUSHED IN THE SCISSORS ACTION OF THE ROTATING POST AND THE FIX ED HEAD IT MOVED UNDER.
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