Description of Incident
A worker sustained fatal injuries while working on a polyethylene fusion welding machine. In reaching out to adjust the lifting sling on the piece of pipe that was in the machine, the worker’s body was placed between the hydraulic pipe lift and the tie bar. The control levers of the machine were accidentally activated during this time, leading to fatal injuries.
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