Christmas tragedy

[OZCUBAN]

Hi all I know this has nothing to do with cigars but this accident happened at one of our major suppliers,to loose anyone is bad enough,but for a family to loose their father just before Christmas is unimaginable,so if any one is feeling generous and full of Christmas spirit please donate to the link below Thank you Steve

Wednesday, 13 December 2017

The Tanner family.

The NSW workplace safety regulator has called in engineering experts to examine an ink mixer blade after an accident at the DIC Australia factory in Sydney that left one man dead and two injured.

The three male workers became trapped in a mixing tank at the DIC ink manufacturing plant on Chisholm Road, Auburn, last Thursday.

“Initial inquiries indicate the mixer activated while two workers were undertaking maintenance on the tank,” said SafeWork NSW in a statement.

“A 29-year-old worker undertaking maintenance on the tank was freed by emergency services while the other worker, aged 42, was trapped by the mixer’s blade and passed away from injuries he sustained. A third worker, aged 28, is reported to have gone to their assistance and been injured.

“Engineering experts from SafeWork’s TestSafe division will inspect the mixer in an effort to determine the cause of the incident. SafeWork’s investigation remains ongoing.”

42-year-old contractor Craig Tanner, a father of three from Engadine in Sydney’s south who ran Complete Blasting Solutions, died after becoming trapped in the tank despite frantic rescue attempts by emergency workers. One of the trapped workers was pulled from the tank suffering multiple leg fractures.

Friends have launched an online fundraiser to help Tanner’s wife and their three children.

Tragically, Craig lost his life in a freak work accident just weeks out from Christmas and leaves behind his loving wife Rachel and their three beautiful boys – Harper, aged 7, Flynn aged 5 and Ollie aged 3.

Craig was a truly amazing guy – loved by all, kind, generous, funny and smart. Most importantly he adored his wife Rachel and his three boys more than anything. Let’s get together and all dig deep to lessen the financial burden left on this amazing family. 

 Please donate any amount large or small to Rachel and the kids to help with ongoing bills and to make sure that financial burden isn’t something they have to think about during this tragic time.

As of Wednesday morning, the Tanner Family Foundation had raised more than $49,000.

NSW Police and the AMWU are also investigating the accident. “We’ll conduct a full on-site investigation to find out what happened,” said an AMWU spokesperson. A spokesperson for DIC Australia said: “We can’t provide any information at this stage because we don’t know what happened.”

Workers at the site have been offered trauma counselling.

[dicko]

Sad to hear. Everyone stay safe in the rush to finish things before Christmas!

[NorCalAaron]

Sad indeed, thoughts and prayers to the family. 

[Squarehead]

Condolences to the family but it was preventable as the equipment in question was not turned off and locked out.

[earthson]

Awful! That poor family - words cannot describe.

Folks:

LOCK OUT TAG OUT heavy machinery!

[luv2fly]

This is terrible!  It hurts me when I hear of this.  Prayers sent to his family and friends.

 

[madandana]

Thanks for posting Steve. A real tragedy.

[treberty]

14 hours ago, earthson said:

Awful! That poor family - words cannot describe.

Folks:

LOCK OUT TAG OUT heavy machinery!

^^^ This. And one key per lock!  These accidents still happen too often, which is really unfortunate. We had 3 fatalities in the last 2 years at my company.  It may sound like a cliché, but all of them could/should have been prevented through better training, actual risk assessement, LOTOTO or better use of technology, etc.  

Every fatality in the workplace is a real tragedy.

Thanks for posting.