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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #740415

HEAD,INSTALLING,REPAIR,AGRICULTURE,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,STRUCK BY

Event
HEAD,INSTALLING,REPAIR,AGRICULTURE,WORK RULES,LOCKOUT,STRUCK BY
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
740415
Report ID
931500

Event description

Employee killed when head crushed by rod on rice paddy

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was installing a guard on a paddy table in a rice processing plant. The installation required that the employee get under the table to gain access t o the attaching hardware. While he was under the table, a fellow employee accide ntally turned on the power to the table. Employee #1 was killed when his head wa s stuck by an oscillating Pitmans rod.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 37 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    13
    Event type
    2
    Source
    26
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    13
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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