OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14568158
STOUFFER FOODS CORPORATION
GAFFNEY, SC·
Event description
LEGS CAUGHT IN RUNNING AUGERS OF RICE COOKER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CLEANING A RIETZ RICE COOKER, S/N R5790144, IN THE RICE COOKING AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON METAL BARS LAID ACROSS THE T OP OF THE RICE COOKER WHEN SHE FELL BETWEEN THE BARS AND INTO THE COOKER. THERE WERE TWO METAL AUGERS, 19 INCHES IN DIAMETER, RUNNING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE RICE COOKER. EMPLOYEE #1'S LEGS WERE CAUGHT IN THE AUGERS. SHE SUFFERED SEVERE LEG IN JURIES REQUIRING THE AMPUTATION OF BOTH LEGS. THE DISTANCE OF FALL WAS 35 INCHES . SHE WAS STANDING ON 3/4 INCH BARS, USING A HIGH PRESSURE WATER HOSE TO CLEAN T HE COOKER.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 F
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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