OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #670984
CLOTHING,SCREW CONVEYOR,WORK RULES,LACERATION,AUGER,ENTANGLED,FACE,UNGUARDED
Event description
EMPLOYEE INJURED WHEN CLOTHING BECAME CAUGHT IN AUGER SCREW
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 11:05 AM ON MAY 31, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING ON A TEN FOO T LADDER USING A SHOVEL TO CHIP ICE INTO AN ICE BIN. HE LEANED TOO CLOSE TO THE AUGER SCREW, ALLOWING HIS COAT AND SWEAT SHIRT TO BE CAUGHT IN THE SCREW. HE WAS PULLED INTO THE SCREW AND SUFFERED MAJOR LACERATIONS TO HIS CHIN AND LEFT CHEEK . HE WAS HELD AGAINST THE SCREW FOR 4 TO 5 MINUTES BEFORE HE WAS REMOVED AND TAK EN TO THE HOSPITAL. HE DID NOT REQUIRE ADMISSION TO THE HOSPITAL.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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