Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201770799 - Employee crushed while cleaning flour mixer

Accident Summary Nr: 201770799 -- Report ID: 0213900 -- Event Date: 12/28/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302713334	12/28/1999	2045	0	Puratos Corp

Abstract: Employee #1 was cleaning the walls inside a large horizontal flour mixer. When he was finished, another employee restored electrical power to the mixer. Employee #1 then instructed Employee #2 to open the doors at the bottom of the mixer by depressing the appropriate switch on the control panel. Employee #2 inadvertently pushed the slow start button and the mixer arms were activated. Employee #1 was caught, crushed, and killed between the mixing blades and the mixer wall.

Keywords: CONFINED SPACE, CLEANING, MIXER, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302713334			Fatality	Fracture	Mixing and blending machine operators

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