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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14562003

LOADING,ASPHYXIATED,MIXER,FALL

Event
LOADING,ASPHYXIATED,MIXER,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14562003
Report ID
214700

Event description

Employee killed when caught in batch mixer

Investigation abstract

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on June 18, 1989, Employee #1 was loading bales of pe at moss into a Davis batch mixer, model #S30, from a flatbed truck. Employee #1 fell into the machine and was killed by mechanical asphyxia and blunt impact inj uries.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 33 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    9
    Environmental factor
    1
    Task assigned
    1

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