Accident Report Detail

Accident: 14384317 - Employee Asphyxiated When Jacket Caught In Revolving Shaft

**Accident: 14384317 -- Report ID: 0523420 -- Event Date: 10/12/1986**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
101665784	10/21/1986	0191	William F. Renk & Sons Inc.

WHILE WORKING ALONE ON A SUNDAY MORNING, EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS ALSO THE MANAGEMENT CONTROL OFFICIAL, APPARENTLY REACHED OVER OR THROUGH A REVOLVING RUBBER FINGERED METERING SHAFT TO LOOSEN A STUCK EAR OF SEED CORN. HIS JACKET BECAME CAUGHT BY A COTTER PIN IN THE SHAFT. HIS CHEST WAS DRAWN TIGHTLY TO A STRUCTURAL MEMBER, RENDERING HIM UNABLE TO BREATHE. HE WAS ASPHYXIATED.

Keywords: clothing, asphyxiated, rotating shaft, work rules, entangled, unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	101665784			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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