OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #966952

CENTRE BRANDS, INC.

RIVERSIDE, CA· 1989-02-12T00:00:00

Event: CHEST, FRACTURE, ROTATING PARTS, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, BACK, CRUSHED, BLADE
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #102493095
Employer profile: CENTRE BRANDS, INC.
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
Fracture (12)

Part of body
CHEST (5)

Accident type
CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)

Source of injury
MACHINE (26)

Occupation
Occupation not reported (999)

Human factor
INSUFF/LACK/WRITN WRK PRAC PROG. (18)

Environmental factor
PINCH POINT ACTION (1)

Task assigned
Task regularly assigned (1)

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