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Accident Summary Nr: 14240899 - EMPLOYEE DIES AFTER LEG AND HAND ARE AMPUTATED BY AUGER

Accident Summary Nr: 14240899 -- Report ID: 0627400 -- Event Date: 08/07/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
103399721	08/09/1989	3111	0	Hereford Bi-Products, Inc.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED INTO A MOVING AUGER THAT WAS LOADING ANIMAL FAT FROM A FAT SKIMMER INTO A TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #1'S FOOT GOT CAUGHT AND HIS LEG AND HAND WERE PULLED INTO THE AUGER, WHERE BOTH WERE AMPUTATED. HE DIED OF SHOCK WHEN HE REACHED THE HOSPITAL.

Keywords: LOADING, SHOCK, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, AUGER, HAND, FOOT, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	103399721			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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