Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14384150 - Employee killed after falling into meat mixer/grinder

Accident Summary Nr: 14384150 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 04/23/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101410967	04/25/1988	2013	0	Otto & Sons, Div. Of Osi Industries

Abstract: At approximately 12:10 a.m. on April 23, 1988, Employee #1 was scraping frozen meat from the paddles inside a mixer while a coworker jogged the paddles from the platform above. Because of a power outage that night, the work was 40 minutes behind schedule. Employee #1 thought the scraping was done so he left the platform to get aspirin. Speculation is that Employee #1 was in a hurry when he got down from his platform, turned the mixer/grinder on in the run mode instead of the jog mode, and began scraping again. When his scraper became caught in the rotating paddles, Employee #1 fell into the mixer/grinder and was killed.

Keywords: GRINDER, ROTATING PARTS, WORK RULES, MIXER, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, FALL, BLADE, MEAT GRINDER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101410967			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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