OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14566145
LA PALMITA FOOD PRODUCTS
AVONDALE, AZ·
Event description
Employee killed when caught in mixing machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 20, was mixing corn masa in a horizontal mixing machine when sh e apparently slipped or reached into the tub while the ribbon and paddle blades were operating. A ribbon blade caught her right hand, and her right arm up to he r neck was pulled into the machine. She suffered a dislocated spine, and was kil led.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 F
- Nature of injury
- 9
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 756
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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