OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221363229

Changing,Die,Engineering Controls,Flying Object,Food processing,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lack of Work Procedures,Lung,Maintenance,Shrapnel,Sledgehammer ,Spleen,Struck By,Torso,Unsafe Position,Work Rules

2021-03-18T00:00:00

Event: Changing,Die,Engineering Controls,Flying Object,Food processing,Lack of Engineering Controls,Lack of Work Procedures,Lung,Maintenance,Shrapnel,Sledgehammer ,Spleen,Struck By,Torso,Unsafe Position,Work Rules
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 221363229
Report ID: 0418300

Event description

Employee changing die in pellet mill ruptures spleen when st

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 35 M

Event type
1

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