OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #827147
COVER,WORK RULES,SLIP,CAUGHT BY,CLOGGED,LACERATION,AUGER,OFF LOADING,HAND
Event description
Employee's hand cut when caught in auger
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was unloading fertilizer from a semi-trailer when the transfer auger became plugged He removed the cover from the auger to unplug the chute. After c leaning the chute, he restarted the auger. It was running slow, so he was going to close the slide that controls the flow from the truck. While doing so, he sli pped and his hand caught in the turning auger. He sustained a severe cut on the hand. Employee #1 did not put the cover back on the auger chute prior to turning the power back on.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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