OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516579

GOLDEN GEM GROWERS, INC.

UMATILLA, FL· 1987-05-16T00:00:00

Event: SCREW CONVEYOR, WORK RULES, REPAIR, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, AUGER
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #1233477
Employer profile: GOLDEN GEM GROWERS, INC.
Summary number: 14516579
Report ID: 420600

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN HE BECAME ENTANGLED IN SCREW CONVEYOR

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1, A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC, WAS REPAIRING AN AUGER SCREW IN A SCREW CON VEYOR. HE WAS SITTING ON THE CONVEYOR, STRADDLING THE AUGER WITH HIS FEET IN THE CONVEYOR TROUGH. THE CONTROLS HAD NOT BEEN LOCKED OUT. AN EMPLOYEE ON THE NEXT SHIFT, UNAWARE OF EMPLOYEE #1'S ACTIVITY, STARTED THE CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PULLED INTO THE AUGER AND WAS FATALLY INJURED.

Victims (2)

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
1

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1
#981 Degree 0 Age 0

Nature of injury
0

Part of body
0

Event type
0

Source
0

Occupation code
0

Human factor
0

Environmental factor
0

Task assigned
0

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