OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465306
CLEANING,MIXER,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED
Event description
Employee killed when caught in pug mill
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and another laborer, of T.L. James & Co., Inc., were inside a pug mi ll mixer cleaning the paddles and walls. The two had climbed up to an elevated p latform to perform clean-up operations while repair work was being performed on another part of the plant at ground level. When the repairs were completed, the operator went back into the trailer where the operator's console was located. Th e operator sounded a warning horn and started the pug mill mixer. One laborer sa fely jumped out of the mixer, but Employee #1 was caught in the mixer's metal pa ddles and was pulled through the mixer. He died of massive crush injuries due to entrapment.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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