Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 839035 - Employee dies of shock after leg is caught in auger

Accident Summary Nr: 839035 -- Report ID: 0521400 -- Event Date: 04/13/1992
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109634824	04/14/1992	4221	0	Hintzsche Feed & Grain, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was moving corn from the floor of a flat storage shed, using a tractor-mounted auger. There were ventilation tubes with temperature sensing coils beneath the grain. The employee left the power take-off operated auger running while he attempted to stand on the auger to tie one of the coils out of the auger's path. He slipped and his leg was caught and pulled into the auger until the blockage stalled the tractor. His leg was jammed into the machine, and the emergency rescue personnel could not extricate him quickly. The employee died of shock and loss of blood.

Keywords: SHOCK, LOSS OF BLOOD, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, SLIP, CAUGHT BY, AUGER, TRACTOR, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109634824			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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