OSHA is currently investigating an accident that occurred in Eugene, OR. An employee of Grain Millers was injured when he accidentally tripped a sensor. The sensor triggered a mechanical arm that picks up bags and sets them on pallets. Somehow the employee's head was caught by that machine. News outlets are reporting the machine clamped down on his head. Emergency crews were able to free the employee, a maintenance worker, and transport him to a local hospital. Fortunately, the employee suffered only minimal injuries; he has not been released yet.
In the past few years, OSHA has reported at least one other major incident at the grain mill. In December 2009, a man got three fingers caught in one of the machines. Former employees say the man had to have those three amputated. OSHA says the company was cited for the incident, but the citation was later withdrawn.
Grain Millers is a manufacturer of conventional and organic whole grains. The Eugene location is the west coast operations of the company.
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"when he accidentally tripped a sensor"
It is mendatory to give instructions to each and every worker about the safety majors, do and dont about the equipments.
Its a major fault of higher managment as thay are not binding the workers with safety rules.
RAHUL
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