Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170171151 - Employee injured when caught in rotating shaft of auger

Accident Summary Nr: 170171151 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 12/15/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111891032	01/05/1993	2047	0	Nulaid Food

Abstract: At approximately 7:40 a.m. on December 15, 1992, Employee #1 was working as a type II operator on an extruder/fat coater in the pet food plant, taking a feed sample of the pet food being processed. Employee #1 removed the grate from its position to grab the sample. The power to the extruder had not been shut off. As Employee #1 reached down into the unflighted section of the rotating auger shaft (fat coater screw), his clothing became caught on the auger's shaft and he was pulled into the frame area of the machine. He received a broken right upper arm, broken ribs, lacerations to the back of his head, left neck muscle damage, and left side scapula muscle damage. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: CLOTHING, HEAD, ROTATING SHAFT, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, AUGER, ARM, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111891032			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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