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Paper Machine Pinch Point Injury Accident

While operating a paper machine, a plant employee's arm was injured when it was caught by an in-running pinch point between two large, counter-rotating drums. APTECH was called in by the workers' compensation insurance company to find the root cause of the accident. The investigation focused on the procedures followed by the injured party, and recommendations were made to the plant to modify the procedure or install guarding devices.

Satish Almaula		Plant failure and root cause analysis; process and design engineering analysis; process technology development and testing; plant engineering, operations, maintenance and safety management; plant and process control system management.

Richard Schreiber, P.E.		Machinery and mechanical device failure analysis, mechanical testing, combustion and heat transfer, industrial fires and explosions, gas appliances.

Eric Sullivan, P.E.		Metallurgy, welding, failure analysis, fire and explosion investigations, equipment, piping.

Kimble Clark, Ph.D.		Failure analysis, heat transfer & thermodynamics, process plant equipment failures & explosions, fuel science, combustion, industrial fires and explosions.