OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170196299

FRACTURE,HEAD,MAINTENANCE,REPAIR,PINNED,MIXER,CAUGHT BETWEEN,SKULL,INATTENTION

1990-04-03T00:00:00

Event: FRACTURE,HEAD,MAINTENANCE,REPAIR,PINNED,MIXER,CAUGHT BETWEEN,SKULL,INATTENTION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 170196299
Report ID: 950624

Event description

Employee's skull fractured when caught in rotating mixer

Investigation abstract

At 9:00 a.m. on April 3, 1990, Employee #1, of General Mills, finished replacing a seal on the Cinnamon Toast Crunch drum mixer. He removed his lockout padlock and tag and actuated the mixer to check that the new seal wasn't leaking. He had put his head into the danger zone to observe the seal joint when the handle of the drum's inspection door rotated around and pinned his head against an electri cal conduit that was attached to the frame. He suffered a fractured skull and la cerations. Employee #1 was a well-trained and experienced worker.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 40 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
518

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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