Accident Report Detail
Accident Summary Nr: 143197.015 - Employee is killed in fall through catwalk
Inspection Nr | Date Opened | SIC | NAICS | Establishment Name |
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1575080.015 | 01/26/2022 | 311423 | Gem State Processing, Llc |
Abstract: At 3:00 a.m. on January 26, 2022, an employee who worked as a Maintenance Mechanic for a food manufacturing company died from a 15-foot fall. The employee and a coworker (Night Shift Maintenance Lead) were installing a belt on a conveyor. The employee fell through a 15-foot high catwalk to the concrete ground below. The employee and coworker had previously removed a section of the metal catwalk grate so they could pull the new conveyor belt through the conveyor. The employee incurred head and torso fractures which killed him.
Employee # | Inspection Nr | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 1575080.015 | 62 | M | Fatality | Machinery maintenance occupations |