OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14527915
LECKICH & FAYARD SEAFOOD COMPANY, INC.
BILOXI, MS·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT LEG IN SCREW CONVEYOR; DIED OF INJURIES
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15 AM ON JULY 18, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1, WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION, DECIDED TO HELP ANOTHER EMPLOYEE SHOVEL ICE ONTO A SCREW CONVEYOR. THE CONVEYOR IS USED TO TRANSPORT ICE TO SHRIMP BOATS. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE, STANDING AT THE DO OR, BEGAN TO TALK TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE SHRIMP BOAT. A FEW SECONDS LATER EMPLOYE E #1 CRIED FOR HELP. HE WAS FOUND 6 FEET EAST OF THE DOOR. HE HAD TRIED TO STEP ACROSS THE CONVEYOR AND INADVERTENTLY STEPPED INTO IT. HIS RIGHT LEG RECEIVED MU LTIPLE DEEP LACERATIONS. HE LATER DIED AT A HOSPITAL. 12" DIAMETER SCREW CONVEYO R WAS LOCATED IN A TROUGH THAT WAS NOT COVERED (THE AUGER WAS NOT GUARDED).
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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