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Accident Summary Nr: 14393193 - CAUGHT ARM IN RICE GRADING CYLINDER ON RICE GRADING MACHINE

Accident Summary Nr: 14393193 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 07/29/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100257682	07/30/1985	2044	0	Liberty Rice Mill Inc

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ALONE WHEN HE WAS ATTEMPING TO CLEAN THE PRECISION CYLINDERS IN A RICE GRADING MACHINE. HE DID THIS BY TAKING THE HINGED GUARD DOWN AND BRUSHING THE CYLINDER WITH A HAND-HELD WIRE BRUSH. THIS WAS DONE WITH THE MACHINE RUNNING. AS HE WAS BRUSHING THE CYLINDER HIS LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT, PULLING HIS LEFT ARM INTO THE MACHINE. IN WHAT WAS DETERMINED TO BE ABOUT ONE HALF HOUR TO FORTY FIVE MINUTES LATER, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WENT TO RELIEVE HIM AND FOUND HIM WITH HIS LEFT ARM STUCK IN THE MACHINE AND THE MACHINE RUNNING. SEVERAL EMPLOYEES DISMANTLED THE MACHINE AND REMOVED EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD DIED FROM SHOCK AND MASSIVE BLOOD LOSS.

Keywords: SHOCK, LOSS OF BLOOD, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, MECH MAT HANDLING, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100257682			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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