Recent accidents spur OSHA to launch new initiatives
A workplace injury in Florida mirrors another recent incident involving lockout/tagout standards
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) finished its investigation into a workplace injury at a High Springs, FL water bottling facility that left a 50-year-old temporary worker permanently disabled after a palletizer started up while he cleared a jam in the machine.
The investigation results state the employer allowed workers to enter the palletizer’s safety cage area and bypass two photo-eye safety sensors that served as machine safeguards. As the employee removed the jammed pallet, OSHA says he unknowingly activated the palletizer elevator’s photo-eye sensor and became trapped between the elevator and the palletizer conveyor.