OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734319
AUGUSTA CONCRETE BLOCK COMPANY INC.
NORTH AUGUSTA, SC·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT IN BLOCK MAKING MACHINE; TOOK A SHORTCUT
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS EMPLOYED AS THE OPERATOR OF A BLOCK MAKING MACHINE. HE WAS LAST SEEN NEAR THE BLOCK CUBER. HE APPARENTLY TRIED TO TAKE A SHORTCUT BACK TO HIS WO RK STATION BY WALKING BETWEEN THE GREEN BLOCK ELEVATOR AND THE TRANSFER AT A PAC O LOADER-UNLOADER, MODEL 27-1-1 AM. THE EQUIPMENT WAS OPERATING. WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BETWEEN THE ELEVATOR AND TRANSFER, THE TRANSFER MOVED FORWARD, CRUSHING H IS THROAT AGAINST THE ELEVATOR. HE SHOULD NOT HAVE TRIED TO HAVE TRIED TO TAKE T HE DANGEROUS SHORTCUT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 779
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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