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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14198022

LOADING,ROTATING PARTS,UNGUARDED FL OPENING,CAUGHT BETWEEN,TROUGH,AUGER,FOOT

Event
LOADING,ROTATING PARTS,UNGUARDED FL OPENING,CAUGHT BETWEEN,TROUGH,AUGER,FOOT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14198022
Report ID
352410

Event description

EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN FOOT CAUGHT IN REVOLVING SCREW AUGER

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working in an ice room filled with crushed ice. There was an aug er mounted in a trough in the floor of the ice room. He was shoveling the ice in to the auger. Part of the auger trough was guarded by a metal grate with opening s just large enough for the ice to fall into the trough. There was ice all over the floor and he stepped into an area of the trough where there was no cover. Wh ile his foot was in the trough, a coworker turned the screw auger on. Employee # 1's right foot was caught between the rotating auger and the side of the trough causing severe injury to his right foot.

Victim

  1. #1 Hospitalized Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    7
    Part of body
    11
    Event type
    2
    Source
    27
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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