OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14214589
FLETCHER CONCRETE COMPANY
MILLINGTON, TN·
Event description
HEAD CRUSHED IN TURBINE BATCH MIXER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS ASSISTANT WERE CLEANING A TURBINE BATCH MIXER. EMPLOYEE #1 W AS APPARENTLY PARTLY INSIDE THE MIXER WHEN HE TOLD HIS ASSISTANT TO START IT UP. WHEN THE MIXER STARTED, THE EMPLOYEE BECAME ENTANGLED IN THE PADDLE ARM AND WAS CRUSHED WHEN HIS HEAD STRUCK THE BOTTOM OF THE MATERIAL CHUTE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 756
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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