Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201352655 - Employee Falls Death in Auger Machine and Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 201352655 -- Report ID: 0419700 -- Event Date: 11/30/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306754243	12/01/2004	2499	321999	K & B Landscape Supplies, Inc.

Abstract: On November 30, 2004, an Employee was using a front end loader to place mulch into the hopper of a dye machine. The dye machine was a Marion Mixer, Model Number CPC-44240, Continuous Serial No. B40021. The mulch was moved into the dye machine by an auger. The Employee was placing mulch in the hopper, when he noticed that the mulch was no longer moving. The employee climbed onto the dye machine to use a pitch fork to push the mulch further into the hopper. The employee fell into the hopper, becoming entangled in the blades of the auger. The employee was pronounced dead at the scene.

Keywords: FRONT END LOADER, GUARD, MACHINE OPERATOR, MIXER, GRATING, DYE MACHINE, FALL, ENTANGLED, BLADE, HOPPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306754243			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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