OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670521
ARROW VAULT CO INC
LAFAYETTE, IN·
Event description
Employee killed when caught inside concrete mixer
Investigation abstract
At 10:30 a.m. on November 20, 1985, Employee #1 was cleaning out a concrete mixe r. He raised the grate on top of the mixer and went inside. A coworker accidenta lly turned on the disconnect switch for the mixer instead of the air compressor. The paddles in the mixer were activated and struck Employee #1. After 20 minute s, he was removed from the mixer and taken to the hospital, where he died at 4:3 0 p.m. The mixer did not have an individual disconnect or lockout mechanism.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 756
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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