OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14548275

SCREW CONVEYOR,SLIP,GRATING,ENTANGLED,UNGUARDED,LEG

1987-01-19T00:00:00

Event: SCREW CONVEYOR,SLIP,GRATING,ENTANGLED,UNGUARDED,LEG
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14548275
Report ID: 1050210

Event description

EMPLOYEE'S LEG ENTANGLED IN AUGER

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING IN AN ICE HOUSE, FEEDING ICE INTO AN AUGER. HE SLIPPED I NTO AN OPEN GRATE OVER THE AUGER. HIS LEG BECAME CAUGHT IN THE AUGER, CAUSING IN JURIES FOR WHICH HE WAS HOSPITALIZED.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 25 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
16

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
889

Human factor
12

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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