Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170032932 - Employee dies after falling into screw conveyor

Accident Summary Nr: 170032932 -- Report ID: 0111100 -- Event Date: 04/02/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109794131	04/03/1992	2034	0	Tater Meal, Inc.

Abstract: On April 3, 1992, Employee #1 and a coworker were preparing to leave their shift when a horn sounded, signifying that the furnace had shut down. Both employees headed down to the equipment. The coworker headed over to the furnace (dryer) to the reset panel while Employee #1 went to shut down the screw conveyor and other related equipment. As the coworker hit the reset button for the screw conveyor, he heard a scream. He turned to see that Employee #1 had fallen into the unguarded screw conveyor. He died of multiple deep lower body wounds.

Keywords: SCREW CONVEYOR, LACERATION, FALL, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109794131			Fatality	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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