OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #673269

PILLSBURY COMPANY

COUNCIL BLUFFS, IA· 1985-10-07T00:00:00

Event: CLOTHING, FRACTURE, ROTATING SHAFT, SKULL, CONVEYOR, NECK, ENTANGLED, UNGUARDED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101915072
Employer profile: PILLSBURY COMPANY
Summary number: 673269
Report ID: 751910

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED AFTER CLOTHING BECAME ENTANGLED IN SHAFT

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYER #1 WAS OPERATING A PORTABLE DRAG CONVEYOR, WHICH WAS BEING USED TO UNLO AD CORN ONTO AN OUTDOOR STORAGE PAD. HIS CLOTHING BECAME ENTANGLED ON THE SHAFT WHICH TRANSFERRED POWER FROM THE CONVEYOR'S MOTOR TO THE CONVEYOR ITSELF. HE WAS YANKED ONTO THE CONVEYOR AND RECEIVED A FRACTURED NECK AND MASSIVE SKULL FRACTU RES. THE INJURIES WERE FATAL.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 37 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
20

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
889

Human factor
9

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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