Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201203387 - Employee Is Asphyxiated by Rising Bread Dough

Accident Summary Nr: 201203387 -- Report ID: 1054114 -- Event Date: 10/02/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
309425528	10/02/2006	2051	311812	United States Bakery

Abstract: On October 2, 2006, Employee #1 was a baker and had been punching down rising bread dough contained in a large mobile trough. He became pinned between the trough and the exit window ledge, which forced him face down on top of the rising dough. Employee #1 was trapped in this oxygen deficient position for 10 to 15 minutes, and was unconscious when he was removed. He was given CPR until emergency services arrived and transported him to the hospital, where he was kept in intensive care, in a medically induced coma.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, ASPHYXIATED, FOOD PREPARATION, CPR, MACHINE OPERATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309425528			Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Bakers

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