"died after being caught in a machine...."

The importance of safe isolation or lock out tag out is highlighted in this fatal incident:

A worker in his 60s died after being caught in a machine at an aluminum manufacturing plant in (location omitted).

According to the local Police Station one day in January 2025, at 1:12 a.m. the day before, a male worker in his 60s died after being caught in a machine at an aluminum manufacturing plant in (location name omitted).

(the worker) was taken to the hospital immediately after the accident but died.

At that time, (the worker) was found to have been caught in the machine while adjusting the position of the load in a machine that moved the load back and forth from side to side.

The police are investigating the details of the accident and whether the factory officials followed safety rules.

The (pertinent government safety organization) is also investigating whether the company violated the Occupational Safety and Health Act and the Serious Accident Punishment Act.

We offer our sincere condolences to the deceased worker’s family, friends, and coworkers. The news media article states that the deceased worker was adjusting machinery when it moved. We do not know if the worker performed safe isolation and/or lock out tag out.

We have recommended a last-ditch device that can be inserted and prevent the movement from occurring between a hydraulic cylinder during maintenance. We recommend old crane rails be cut and customized. Please note the last-ditch device is not a replacement for safe isolation nor lock out tag out. We came up with this concept because over the past 15 years we have reported countless incidents where workers were inside a machine doing work and it moved. 

The incident that haunts us to this day is the maintenance worker who performed the lock out tag out /safe isolation like he was trained to do. Yet the machinery still moved and a worker was killed.

We will reach out to our contacts in this country to find out more information.

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