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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465876

WORK RULES,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,MILLING MACHINE,CRUSHED,COMMUNICATION

Event
WORK RULES,CLEANING,LOCKOUT,MILLING MACHINE,CRUSHED,COMMUNICATION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14465876
Report ID
626600

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

  1. #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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