OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14528038
LELAND OIL MILL
LELAND, MS·
Event description
Employee killed when caught by rotating shaft
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on December 2, 1987, Employee #1 and a coworker were exiting the basement of a cottonseed oil mill where they had been cleaning up co tton lint and other residue. A witness stated that Employee #1 was attempting to go over or under a horizontal 2 13/32 in. diameter rotating shaft located 33 in . above the floor. The unguarded shaft was rotating at slightly less than 400 rp m. Evidently the front portion of Employee #1's coattail was caught in the shaft , and he and the coat were wrapped around the shaft. Employee #1 suffered a 1 in . separation of his spine and other traumatic injuries. His body was removed fro m the shaft by the coroner, and he was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:15 p.m.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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