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warehouse automation · fatality

Machine operator crushed to death by palletizer at Schreiber Foods, Carthage MO

S5 · 02/2024
15:44 CT · Robot Palletizer (Dallas) · Carthage, MO, USA

Record

CompanyRobot Palletizer (Dallas)
Categorywarehouse automation
Typefatality
Date02/2024
Time of day15:44 CT
LocationCarthage, MO, USA · Schreiber Foods plant
SeverityS5 (fatality or catastrophic loss)
Scale1 fatality, 1 palletizer
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceOSHA

What happened

A 48-year-old operator was crushed and killed by an automated palletizer sweeper arm at Schreiber Foods in Carthage, Missouri (Feb 6, 2024); OSHA cited guarding/lockout failures. Vendor of the palletizer is not named in the OSHA record.

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