OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300826
KEKAHA SUGAR CO LTD
KEKAHA, HI·
Event description
Employees crushed by rotor of cane shredder
Investigation abstract
At 5:51 am, (the third shift) on July 11, 1986, a cane shredder was being operat ed by a six-employee crew. The shredder clogged when too much cane was fed into it, causing it to slow down and stop. The employees went into the steam-turbine- powered shredder to remove cane and free the spreader. The employees worked in p airs. At the time of the accident, two employees were cleaning out cane when sud denly the shredder's rotor, on which the employees were standing, turned. The ro tor moved about one half to two thirds of a turn, pinning one employee between t he rotor and washboard, killing him, and smashing the other employee's left leg. The injured employee was hospitalized with a fractured left fibula.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 26 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 864
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 18
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 864
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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