Mechanic Killed Inspecting Stacker On May 5, 2005, a 55-year-old maintenance mechanic was killed while inspecting a lifting machine at a masonry production plant. The recently repaired building materials moving platform, sometimes called a "stacker," had run normally for four days. The mechanic had been warned not to inspect the moving parts beneath the machine without telling the operator and to use the machine's lockout system. An hour into the shift, an operator put the machine into idle to hand load materials. During this time the mechanic opened the gate beneath and inspected the chain mechanism without telling the operator. The operator […]