Bowling Pinsetter Accidents

During an interview on the today show valastro explained how the accident happened.

Bowling pinsetter accidents. Osha has cited amf bowling centers for three serious and three repeat violations following the death of a worker at the company s addison tx facility. 20 when there was a malfunction with the bowling pinsetter. His hooded sweatshirt got caught in the pinsetter. The owner of a bowling alley in florence colorado died sunday afternoon in a freak accident when he was crushed by the pin setting machine.

About press copyright contact us creators advertise developers terms privacy policy safety how youtube works test new features. David geiger an employee at northwest lanes in fairfield oh was killed nov. Police and fire and rescue personnel found ector. In bowling a pinsetter or pinspotter is an automated mechanical device that sets bowling pins back in their original positions returns bowling balls to the front of the alley and clears fallen pins on the pin deck.

Stringpin pinsetter service manual 7 section 2 overview this manual is designed to help you service repair and perform preventive maintenance on your pinsetters in a safe and efficient manner. Valastro was bowling with his family sept. Prior to the machine s invention pinsetters were originally young men pin boys stationed at bowling alleys to manually reset. A 17 year old bowling facility worker died from injuries received on october 13 2001 when he was caught in a pinsetter machine.

Prior to working on one of these pinsetters you should read the. An osha investigator was at the bowling alley friday a day after david geiger 53 was pulled to his death after getting entangled in a pin setting machine he was trying to repair. Osha says a pinsetting machine s operating parts were improperly exposed and that caused the death of a bowling alley worker. 5 2014 when he was trying to retrieve a bowling ball from the lane.

Lack of machine guarding can prove fatal in all sorts of businesses.