Operator is crushed fatally due to trapping of hand between rollers in a rubber factory

In a rubber factory, while pushing a sheet into rollers, his hand got dragged and was crushed to death. 

Such accidents can be prevented by having fixed guards with gap less than 3 mm between guard bottom and job rest, optical curtain interlocked with power supply and applying of brake to stop rollers moving with momentum, pull wire (chord), emergency switches nearby.

Police booked case on shift engineer, supervisor, safety engineer as per IPC for causing death by negligence.

The newspaper report can be read from the following link.

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mysuru/mysuru-worker-crushed-to-death-at-jk-tyres-factory/articleshow/61676525.cms?utm_source=whatsapp&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=TOIMobile