Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14232508 - Employee decapitated between mixer blade and truck frame

Accident Summary Nr: 14232508 -- Report ID: 0316400 -- Event Date: 09/10/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100590074	09/11/1991	3273	0	R.B.S. Inc. - Greenbrier Ready Mix

Abstract: On the morning of September 10, 1991, Employee #1 was cleaning/chipping out dried concrete from the mixer on his concrete truck. After lunch, the employee was seen driving his truck to the scrap area to dump the scrap concrete. He was supposed to return to the batch plant to get a load of concrete, but did not return. A coworker, who went to check on him, found the employee caught between the mixer blade and the truck frame. His head was inside the concrete mixer. He had been decapitated. He was in a semi-kneeling position on the platform outside the mixer.

Keywords: MIXER BLADE, CONCRETE TRUCK, MIXER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, DECAPITATED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100590074			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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