OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342828

MIXER BLADE,ROTATING PARTS,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CONCRETE MIXER,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,COMMUNICATION

1987-07-20T00:00:00

Event: MIXER BLADE,ROTATING PARTS,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CONCRETE MIXER,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED,COMMUNICATION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14342828
Report ID: 931800

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by cement mixer blades

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was apparently using a pneumatic chipping gun to clean the inside of a 30 cubic foot concrete mixing machine. The machine was turned on, possibly by another coworker who was in the area. Employee #1 was crushed by the rotating m ixer blades and killed .

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 19 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
4

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
1

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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