OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #780577
WYNDALL'S ENTERPRISES DIV OF WYNDALLS FOODLAWN INC
OWENSBORO, KY·
Event description
Employee crushed to death by trash compactor
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:30 p.m. on April 2, 1988, Employee #1, a 21-year-old grocery packer, was placing pieces of board boxes into a trash compactor. After the comp actor was started, he looked inside and was crushed to death. The machine was gu arded but the interlocks had been bypassed (tied-down) in order for the machine to function.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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