OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14491005
LCP CHEMICALS - N.Y. INC.
SOLVAY, NY·
Event description
Employee's leg amputated after being caught in auger
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:30 a.m. on April 18, 1988, Employee #1 stepped on an auger tr ough to adjust an overhead discharge valve. As he was adjusting the valve, his f oot slipped into the auger. A surgical team amputated Employee #1's right leg to remove it from the auger. He was then taken to University Hospital.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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