LOTO Accidents – SAFTENG – Prevention, Protection, Mitigation

Adjusting or cleaning the electric photo eyes on a bundle breaker machine (Fatality)

October 6, 2023

At 10:00 p.m. on March 26, 2023, an employee was working as a machine operator for a corrugated box manufacturer. The employee was possibly adjusting or cleaning the electric photo eyes on a bundle breaker machine. The machine was energized, in run mode, and not locked out. The employee broke the light beam, and the…...

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Truck Maintenance, Near Hit/Near Miss

December 28, 2012

A non fatal accident occurred recently where a contract employee was performing maintenance on an operating chemical fluid pump, mounted under a Mack delivery truck, when he became entangled in the P. T. O. shaft. The injury resulted in a compound fracture of the humerus bone with avulsions of the muscle tissue of the left…...

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Burns to the hands

April 26, 2012

Hi Bryan, Here is a classic example of not having zero energy. This guy was going to clean a screen on a line that normally runs around 80 degrees. The screen is on the suction of a centrifugal pump. The screen plugged up, causing the pump to cavitate and heat up tremendously. He…...