Man died in recycling plant shredder

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Thought I would share 'Ouch'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-33359259

Body fragments, found alongside parts of a hi-vis jacket inside the shredder, were matched with DNA from Mr Pavasars's toothbrush
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Greebo said:
Even worse it looks like he perhaps had a heart attack or was knocked out and could have been saved. Shame the one employee who saw him uncounscious on the conveyor belt didn't hit the kill switch and instead ran out of the building screaming and then fainted. Thats going to be tough to live with for tvhe rest of your life.

http://www.lincolnshireecho.co.uk/S...d-man-ripped/story-26821298-detail/story.html
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That had to hurt.

Safety gate not in place and no interlock for it, some one is going to jail.

Expect HSE to be going ballistic.
 
Abraxaz1 said:
That had to hurt.

Safety gate not in place and no interlock for it, some one is going to jail.

Expect HSE to be going ballistic.
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Clear breach of the PUWER regs (s7 if I recall).

take effective measures to prevent access to dangerous parts of machinery. This will normally be by fixed guarding but where routine access is needed, interlocked guards (sometimes with guard locking) may be needed to stop the movement of dangerous parts before a person can reach the danger zone.
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Expect a corporate manslaughter fine >£500,000 and some name and shaming.
 
robfosters said:
Ooh jesus!

That is horrific.
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I don't mean to make light of this at all, but I really hope he ended up going in head first! :(

Now I do not know what happened here, but it is often taken for granted in situations like this that, somehow, the "Management" are to blame for "shoddy practice". However.....!

The trouble with safety devices (And I remember this from my experiences in the electrical industry 30 years ago)

They are often a complete PITA for the people who actually have to endure them. As a consequence the biggest problem for management is members of the workforce devising "Secret Workarounds" that disable the safety systems so they can make their working lives easier.

I remember people who had machined out the insides of their safety interlock keys so they could enter HV compounds to perform "Minor" (IE Non electrical) work without having to have operated the keys "twin" first to switch off the power so they could save a bit of time/effort/ballache! :eek:

Unfortunately the consequence of this sort of thing is that, sometimes, people end up being badly injured or killed!

The "Longer term" solution to this problem is, perhaps, to make a greater effort to try to make safety "Easy". But somehow I cant see that happening any time soon sadly :(
 
Seems quite a vague article - no mention of what this gate is. The comments from his wife make me question whether he did it intentionally... But I know absolutely nothing about it and to say that sounds like I'm trashing the poor chap. So, in short, terrible news RIP poor guy!
 
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