Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14237507 - Employee bled to death after losing his arm in machine

Accident Summary Nr: 14237507 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 09/25/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
849109	09/26/1984	2097	0	Rogers Ice Co Inc

Abstract: Employee #1, age 54, was running a Serfecto ice-scoring machine (Serial No. 2944), scoring a 300-pound block of ice. He was alone in the ice house operating the machine when his clothing became entangled in the scoring blades. He was pulled into the machine, and it severed his left arm. He bled to death before he could be rescued.

Keywords: CLOTHING, AMPUTATED, LOSS OF BLOOD, CAUGHT BY, ARM, ENTANGLED, BLADE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	849109			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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