OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505721
ROTATING PARTS,WORK RULES,CLEANING,MIXER,LOCKOUT,CRUSHED
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by blender
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and coworker #1 were adding ingredients to a mix in a blender while nto the blender and was sweeping it out. Coworker #1 told Employee #1 to get out of the blender. While Employee #1 was attempting to get out, coworker #2 inadve rtently turned on the blender instead of the liquifier. Employee #1 was crushed and killed. coworker #2 was setting up tables to weigh and stamp 50 lb bags and coworker #3 was opening the bags. It was not yet time to start another mix, so they began to clean the blender and work area. Coworker #1 turned off the blender's power and coworker #2 walked 43 ft to turn off the power at the disconnect point. Coworke r #1 then asked which crew member would clean the blender. Coworker #3 volunteer ed, but coworker #2 stopped him and said that he would do it. Coworkers #1 and # 2 checked to make sure the blender was off. After taking the scraper downstairs, coworker #1 returned to the platform and noticed that Employee #1 had climbed i
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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