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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221421878

SHEARER'S FOODS

Event
Contusion, Crushed, Trash Compactor
NAICS
311919
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345699748
Employer profile
SHEARER'S FOODS
Summary number
221421878
Report ID
0636900

Event description

Employee dies several days after crushed in trash compactor

Investigation abstract

At 1:00 p.m. on December 16, 2021, an employee was retrieving a waste drum that had fallen into a trash compactor. While the employee was inside the compactor, the waste company attempted to remove the compactor, and the employee was unable to exit. The employee suffered crush/contusion injuries from the waste compactor and was hospitalized, where he died on December 21, 2021 at approximately 11:33 a.m.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 30 M

    Event type
    1

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