OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237507

CLOTHING,AMPUTATED,LOSS OF BLOOD,CAUGHT BY,ARM,ENTANGLED,BLADE

1984-09-25T00:00:00

Event: CLOTHING,AMPUTATED,LOSS OF BLOOD,CAUGHT BY,ARM,ENTANGLED,BLADE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14237507
Report ID: 627100

Event description

Employee bled to death after losing his arm in machine

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, age 54, was running a Serfecto ice-scoring machine (Serial No. 2944 ), scoring a 300-pound block of ice. He was alone in the ice house operating the machine when his clothing became entangled in the scoring blades. He was pulled into the machine, and it severed his left arm. He bled to death before he could be rescued.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 54 M

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
21

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
12

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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