OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14412472
PARKER BROTHERS AND COMPANY, INC.
HOUSTON, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when caught in pug mill
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:40 p.m. on May 18, 1987, Employee #1 and two coworkers had ju nd coming from the pug mill and immediately turned it off. Employee #1 had someh ow been drawn into the pug mill and become caught between the blades. He was kil led. st finished cleaning a pug mill. Employee #1 instructed the first coworker to st art up the pug mill so he could load two more truckloads of process gravel. The second coworker walked to an area on another level by the breaker room to clean himself off. The first coworker went into the control room about 20 ft from the pug mill to start up the machine. Three switches were used in sequence to turn i t on: a power switch, then a hydraulic switch, and last, a pug mill switch. The power and hydraulic switches were already in the ON position, so the coworker ha d only to push the pug mill switch. When he did, he heard an unusual shaking sou
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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