OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465306
T. L. JAMES & CO., INC.
HASLET, TX·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- MULTIPLE (19)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- LOCKOUT/TAGOUT PROCED MALFUNC (13)
- Environmental factor
- PINCH POINT ACTION (1)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.