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Accident Summary Nr: 14516579 - EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN HE BECAME ENTANGLED IN SCREW CONVEYOR

Accident Summary Nr: 14516579 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 05/16/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1233477	05/19/1987	2037	0	Golden Gem Growers, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1083880	09/06/1984	4311	0	United States Postal Service

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1, A MAINTENANCE MECHANIC, WAS REPAIRING AN AUGER SCREW IN A SCREW CONVEYOR. HE WAS SITTING ON THE CONVEYOR, STRADDLING THE AUGER WITH HIS FEET IN THE CONVEYOR TROUGH. THE CONTROLS HAD NOT BEEN LOCKED OUT. AN EMPLOYEE ON THE NEXT SHIFT, UNAWARE OF EMPLOYEE #1'S ACTIVITY, STARTED THE CONVEYOR. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PULLED INTO THE AUGER AND WAS FATALLY INJURED.

Keywords: SCREW CONVEYOR, WORK RULES, REPAIR, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, AUGER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1233477			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported
2	1083880					Occupation Not Listed

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