OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14347371
HANCEVILLE MILLING COMPANY
HANCEVILLE, AL·
Event description
Employee killed in fall from feed mixer to concrete floor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was told to go to a butterfly valve located at the top of a feed mix er to help unclog a material transfer pipe. His task was to operate the valve an d divert the material to another system until the first system could be unclogge d. Employee #1 was apparently in contact with belts and pulleys located on top o f the mixer when the system was started. He fell 14 ft 3 in. from the top of the mixer to the concrete floor. Employee #1 suffered a severe concussion to the up per part of his body and died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 41 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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