OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221477698
75440 - INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY - RECYCLING INC
GREER, SC·
Event description
Employee is missing and killed after dumping load into shred
Investigation abstract
On May 5, 2022, an employee, a machine operator, was on the platform of a Vecoplan Shredder Machine (Type: VAZ 1600 M FF - Machine No. 15470010), preparing to dump a load of material from the dump box into the shredder hopper. At 2:00 a.m., the employee was determined to be missing and killed. The local coroner's office and sheriff's department could neither verify nor deny that the employee fell into the machine.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Event type
- 5
- Occupation code
- 999
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