OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #830265

THE ARCHEM CORP.

PORTSMOUTH, OH— 1982-03-15T00:00:00

Event: CHEST, MIXER BLADE, ROTATING PARTS, WORK RULES, CLEANING, MIXER, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, BLADE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Complaint
Activity number: #103231437
Employer profile: THE ARCHEM CORP.
Summary number: 830265
Report ID: 522000

Event description

Employee killed when caught in mixing churn

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was cleaning a mixing churn and had climbed inside the churn without de-energizing and locking it out. While he was inside the churn, another employ ee turned it on. Employee #1 was caught in and killed by the rotating blades of the churn.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 32 M

Nature of injury
7

Part of body
5

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
13

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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