Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221444599

T-Y NURSERY, INC.

Event
Asphyxiated, Caught In, Clothing, Machine operator, Nursery
NAICS
111421
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#345829287
Employer profile
T-Y NURSERY, INC.
Summary number
221444599
Report ID
0950631

Event description

Employee is killed when clothing is caught in moving machine

Investigation abstract

At approximately 1:30 p.m. on March 10, 2022, an employee was assigned to perform preventative maintenance on the Mitchell Ellis EZ Potter equipment at a nursery. The employee went under a moving conveyer and his loose clothing became entangled in the moving machinery. The employee was killed by asphyxiation due to the compression of the chest and neck while under heavy equipment.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 34 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    519

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