OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14542351
EASTERN FOODS, INC.
COLLEGE PARK, GA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE'S ARM MANGLED BY CAM IN FILLER MACHINE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN HIRED 4 DAYS BEFORE THE ACCIDENT AS A GENERAL HELPER (SUMME R EMPLOYEE). ASSISTING THE PLANT MANAGER AT THE SALAD DRESSING FILLER MACHINE, E MPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED AN 8 FOOT LADDER TO REACH THE TOP OF A FILLER MACHINE AND POU R A CONTAINER OF SALAD DRESSING BACK INTO THE FILLER. AT THE TOP OF THE FILLER M ACHINE THERE ARE ROTATING CAM FOLLOWERS THAT FORCE THE DRESSING OUT OF THE MACHI NE INTO 5 GALLON CONTAINERS. THE TOP 2/3 OF THE CAMS ARE COVERED BY A METAL BAR. EMPLOYEE #1 MAY HAVE RESTED HIS ARM ON THE OPEN AREA. HIS ARM WAS CAUGHT AND WE DGED BETWEEN THE TOP BAR AND FRAME OF THE MACHINE. WHEN THE CAMS ROTATED, EMPLOY EE #1'S ARM WAS BADLY MANGLED. HE WAS HOSPITALIZED.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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