OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #851345
CELESTIAL FARMS, INC.
PLOVER, WI·
Event description
Employee killed in food mixer
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was demonstrating to a trainee the procedure used to scrape potato p roduct from inside a Buffalo mixer in order to prepare the mixer for the next ba tch of potato product. Employee #1's upper torso was inside the mixer so that he r right hand could reach the bottom of the mixer. The paddle-type augers were ac cidentally activated, possibly by the employee's left hand. Pulled into the mixe r's auger, Employee #1 was killed, suffering severe lacerations to the neck and throat.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 34 F
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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