OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #966952

CHEST,FRACTURE,ROTATING PARTS,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,BACK,CRUSHED,BLADE

1989-02-12T00:00:00

Event: CHEST,FRACTURE,ROTATING PARTS,WORK RULES,CLEANING,CAUGHT BY,LOCKOUT,BACK,CRUSHED,BLADE
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 966952
Report ID: 931700

Event description

Employee killed when crushed in cheese blender

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, a sanitation worker, was cleaning a cheese blender while the blades were rotating. When he reached into the machine to wipe cheese from the blades, he became caught and was pulled into the blender. He sustained a crushed chest and fractured back, and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
5

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
1

Task assigned
1

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