A mill operator at a rubber compound plant died when caught between two rollers on the lamination machine he was operating. Investigators later assumed he had been bending over or crouched under the machine, removing excess material, when his right hand became caught between the final trim roller and the idler roller. This pulled his arm and upper torso between the rollers. A co-worker walking by found the operator caught in the rollers. The emergency shut-off tripwire cable above the final trim roller had been inaccessible while the operator was under the final trim rollers, and the other tripwire, although accessible, was […]