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INFO ALERT:  34

DATE:  April 23, 1993


*** HAZARD SUMMARY: FATALITY - WORKER PULLED INTO ROLLER ***  

A worker was killed while operating a back treater flexer machine.  He
had started a new roll of sandpaper on the machine when, due to a lack
of guarding, he became entangled with the in-running nip and was
pulled into the roll.

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*** LOCATION(S) AND SECTOR(S): ***

Fabric Coating, Rubber, Paper Manufacturing and Paper Industries


*** SUGGESTED PRECAUTIONS AND APPLICABLE SECTION(S) OF THE
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT AND THE INDUSTRIAL REGULATIONS: ***

This fatality could have been prevented if the machine had been
properly guarded and equipped with an emergency stop control.

Ontario Regulation 851, Section 25, states:

     "An in-running nip hazard or any part of a machine, device or
     thing that may endanger the safety of any worker shall be
     equipped with and guarded by a guard or other device that
     prevents access to the pinch point."

Ontario Regulation 851, Section 27, states:

     "An emergency stop control button on a power-driven machine
     shall,

     (a)  be conspicuously identified; and

     (b)  be located within easy reach of the operator."

The Occupational Health and Safety Act states under Section 25(2):

     "Without limiting the strict duty imposed by subsection (1) an
     employer shall,

     (a)  provide information, instruction and supervision to a worker
          to protect the health and safety of the worker;

     (d)  acquaint a worker or a person in authority over a worker
          with any hazard in the work...;

     (h)  take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for
          the protection of a worker."



NOTE:     "Information Alert" is produced by the Occupational Health
          and Safety Branch, Ministry of Labour for use by Ministry
          inspectors, health and safety associations and other
          interested groups or individuals in Ontario.  The goal of
          this publication is to communicate hazard information as
          soon as it becomes available to prevent injury to workers. 
          Reproduction and use of these alerts is encouraged.


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