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FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) draws lessons learned from an incident where a worker sustained an arm injury while troubleshooting a malfunctioning garbage compactor. What happened? The compactor unexpectedly activated while the person was manually testing a proximity sensor through an opening at the top of the unit, resulting in their arm being trapped between the ram and the top cover. The worker ended up on restricted duty for a day due to bruising/stiffness. RelatedNews Lessons learned: If it’s under load, don’t touch it Lessons learned: What you allow today becomes the standard tomorrow var jnews_module_21375487_0_6a2bd4dac8a77 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21375487","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"1011,606","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab"
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