OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #800201
MOULTRIE FISHERIES INC.
MOUNT PLEASANT, SC·
Event description
Employee's arm amputated in ice auger energized by coworker
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was cleaning out ice that had clogged the flow screw of an ice auger . His arm was in the auger when it was turned on by a coworker. Employee #1's ar m was amputated at the elbow.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 2
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 13
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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