OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14427132
CONCRETE CASTING CO.
COMMERCE CITY, CO·
Event description
Employee killed when caught between mixer and frame
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were using for the first time a modified 6 1/2 yard C hallenge cement mixer, powered by a Chrysler motor, that had been removed from i ts truck chassis. They were mixing 2 cubic yards of concrete when the motor stop ped running. While the motor was being repaired, a small amount of concrete in t he mixer hardened. The inspection hole cover from the mixer was removed and Empl oyee #1 looked inside, directing his coworker to rotate the drum. It rotated too far and Employee #1 was killed when he became caught between the drum and the f rame of the mixer.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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