A 46-year-old male employee was fatally injured when he was crushed by the upper ram of a rubber mixer. At the time of the incident the victim was working with a lab technician to ensure the proper ingredients were in place for a batch of a specific type of rubber. Once the ingredients were placed on the feed conveyor; the conveyor was moved into position at the front of the mixer door. The conveyor fed the ingredients into the mixer and two rotors at the bottom of the mixer combined the ingredients. This batch was believed to be ruined due to […]