OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #694117
SPM MID-ATLANTIC LIMITED CO.
ARLINGTON, VA·
Event description
Employee's legs fractured in trash compactor
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:15 p.m. on December 24, 1985, Employee #1, of Armada, Inc., was working with his father loading trash into a trash compactor. He was using h is feet and jumping up and down on the trash while the compactor was running in order to clear a jammed load that had bridged in the hopper. When the trash fina lly cleared and went down the hopper, so did Employee #1. His legs became caught in the compactor, resulting in compound fractures. Employee #1 was hospitalized .
Victims (2)
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#1 Hospitalized Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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