OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221376726

MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL

TOLEDO, OH· 2021-07-21T00:00:00

Event: Adjust, Apprentice, Back, Belt, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Chest, Climbing, Concrete Floor, Contusion, Electrician, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Ladder, Lung, Maintenance, Manufacturing, Mill--Plant, Milling Machine, Production Line, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Rib, Work Surface
NAICS: 311211
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345450563
Employer profile: MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL
Summary number: 221376726
Report ID: 0524700

Event description

Employee breaks ribs and punctures lung in fall from sifter

Investigation abstract

At 8:45 a.m. on July 21, 2021, an employee working as an electrician apprentice to treat multiple injuries including broken ribs, a punctured lung and back injuries. for a flour mill was assisting a coworker performing preventative maintenance (PM) on the Great Western Manufacturing HS Free Swinging Sifters, Numbers 8, 9, 10 and 11, on the fourth floor of a new mill. While The employee was attempting to perform PM on sifter number 10, she needed to climb on top of the sifter. The employee was having trouble adjusting the belt, so the coworker assisted by climbing onto the sifter. The employee was working from the opposite side of the sifter from the coworker where the ladder was placed. The employee fell approximately 7 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee was hospitalized

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 47 F

Event type
5

Occupation code
576

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