OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #738211
WALLACE GROCERY CO., DBA FOOD WORLD NO. #2
PADUCAH, KY·
Event description
LOWER RIGHT ARM AMPUTATED IN HOBART MIXER-GRINDER
Investigation abstract
ON OCTOBER 19, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CLEANING A HOBART MIXER-GRINDER WHEN IT SUDDENLY STARTED UP. HIS ARM WAS CAUGHT IN THE MIXING BLA DES OF THE MACHINE AND AMPUTATED JUST BELOW THE ELBOW.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 17
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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