OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14512032

SEVERED,ROTATING PARTS,WORK RULES,SLIP,CAUGHT BY,AUGER,UNGUARDED,LEG

1987-03-20T00:00:00

Event: SEVERED,ROTATING PARTS,WORK RULES,SLIP,CAUGHT BY,AUGER,UNGUARDED,LEG
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14512032
Report ID: 625400

Event description

Employee killed when he slips into auger

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was cutting bags of roofing material and pouring the granules inside into a ground level auger. His foot slipped into the auger blade, severing his right leg. Employee #1 was pronounced dead on arrival at the hospital. The auger did not have a guard to cover the blades.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 31 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
16

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
12

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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