OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14559579
AMPUTATED,SAW,AUGER,SAWMILL
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN CAUGHT IN MACHINERY
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 worked in a saw mill. For some unknown reason Employee #1 got caught in the auger mechanism of the chip screen. Employee #1 was trapped in the runni ng machine for 10-15 minutes. Death resulted from the massive trauma received to his body from the auger.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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