OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #601708
IMPERIAL FLAVORS INC.
WINTER HAVEN, FL·
Event description
Employee dies after pulled into mixing blades
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was the operator of two cocoa powder blending machines. Blender #B2 over, and was pulled into the blender by the rotating mixing blades. Employee #1 died of multiple injuries. was filled and operating and blender #B4 was being loaded with cocoa powder and various other ingredients. Due to mechanical problems with the normal system of loading blenders, the heavy aluminum lids were removed from the tops of the blen ders so that the cocoa powder and other ingredients could be loaded through the top of the machines. Cardboard covers were placed over the tops of the blenders to contain the cocoa powder dust. The employee completed loading blender #B4 and apparently attempted to jump approximately 4 feet from the top of blender #B4 t o the top of blender #B2. He jumped onto the cardboard cover, fell through the c
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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