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Accident Summary Nr: 169728.015 - Employee is killed when caught between machine and product r

Accident Summary Nr: 169728.015 -- Report ID: 0454711 -- Event Date: 08/29/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1772223.015	08/29/2024		311212	Riviana Foods Inc.

Abstract: At 6:00 a.m. on August 29, 2024, Employee #1 was working to clear spilled product from inside the Retort machine. While attempting to perform the task, the employee became caught between the top lip of the machine opening and a rack of product being loaded into the opening. The employee sustained crushing injuries to the chest and was fatally injured.

Keywords: Automatic Machine, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Chest, Crushing, Loading

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1772223.015	24	M	Fatality		Machinery maintenance occupations

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