OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14428916
READY FOODS
DENVER, CO·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN HEAD CAUGHT IN MIXER BLADES
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING THE BOTTOM OF A LARGE MEAT MIXER. THE MACHINE HAD NOT B EEN LOCKED OUT, NOR WERE ANY SAFETY INTERLOCK DEVICES IN USE. THE GROEN MEAT KET TLE WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN AGITATOR THAT WAS RAISED PARTIALLY ABOVE THE KETTLE. AS EMPLOYEE #1 LEANED INTO THE KETTLE TO REACH THE BOTTOM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE INADVER TENTLY TURNED ON AN UNLABELED SWITCH THAT ACTIVATED THE MIXER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS K ILLED WHEN HIS HEAD WAS CAUGHT IN THE MIXER'S AGITATOR BLADES.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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