OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465876
SOUTHFIELD MATERIAL CO., INC.
HOUSTON, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by blades in pug mill
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 19, was cleaning the blades inside a pug mill. The operator, ap parently unaware that Employee #1 was inside the machine, turned it on. Employee #1 was pulled into the machine's blades. He was crushed by the blades and died two days later from his injuries.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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