Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200981371 - Worker Is Killed When Caught in Beet Handling Equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 200981371 -- Report ID: 0855610 -- Event Date: 01/04/2014
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
314515073	01/06/2014	2063	311313	The Western Sugar Cooperative

Abstract: At 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 4, 2014, an employee arrived at work at a sugar beet refinery. At 7:00 p.m. that day, she was reported as a missing person to the local sheriff's office. The plant was searched. The employee's hard hat was found near a beet dump location that had an unguarded opening. One of the employee's shoes and some of the remains of the employee were found in the plant's clarification system.

Keywords: UNGUARDED FL OPENING, AGRICULTURE, CAUGHT BY, PIT, CONVEYOR BELT, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314515073			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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