OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14402200
AMPUTATED,COVER,SCREW CONVEYOR,CAUGHT BY,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,AUGER,LEG
Event description
Employee killed when legs amputated by auger
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 stepped on a gate located over a 16 inch auger conveyor. The gate, a flat metal plate positioned over the auger channel and generally opened from th e outside, broke. Employee #1's feet became caught in the turning auger and his legs were amputated. He was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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