OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221696081
TH SEARCY LLC
SEARCY, AR—
Event description
Employee is caught in conveyor and sustains fatal crushing h
Investigation abstract
At 7:37 p.m. on August 22, 2024, Employee #1, employed at a VRT freezer the scene. facility, was checking the chains on the gears of the Variable Rate Temperature (VRT) freezer conveyor (Equipment #444). While a coworker was making radio contact with the VRT Operator in the control booth, Employee #1 informed the coworker to turn the power back on. The coworker walked to the control panel next to the conveyor, released the emergency stop (estop), and pressed the start button to resume operation of the conveyor. Upon activation, the coworker noticed Employee #1 had become caught between the flight bars of the conveyor. Employee #1 sustained a severe crushing head injury and was pronounced dead at
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 519
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