OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14540009

HEAD,STORAGE BIN,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,AUGER,STRUCK BY,MACHINE--MISC

1987-07-03T00:00:00

Event: HEAD,STORAGE BIN,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,AUGER,STRUCK BY,MACHINE--MISC
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14540009
Report ID: 830100

Event description

Employee killed when caught by overhead auger in storage bin

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 climbed into the top of a two-story shavings bin to retrieve a hard hat that had been sucked through a ventilation pipe. An overhead auger was autom atically activated, presumably by Employee #1's movement inside the bin. His hea d became caught by the auger, and he was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 29 M

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
2

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