OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14306898
OCEAN SPRAY CRANBERRIES, INC.
BORDENTOWN, NJ·
Event description
Employee caught and killed in thermascrew machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning the trough on a machine called a thermascrew, which con tained a 16 in. diameter screw. A thermascrew mixes and cooks sauce, sugar, and cranberries into cranberry sauce. Employee #1 became caught at the left end that contained four stainless steel paddles. He was killed. There were no witnesses to the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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