Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 84755.015 - Employee Is Caught In Moving Blades Of Mixing Tank And IS Ki

Accident Summary Nr: 84755.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 04/25/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1142619.015	04/26/2016		311421	Burnette Foods Inc

Abstract: At approximately 11:30 p.m. on April 25, 2016, Employee #1, a sanitation worker, was assigned to clean and sterilize the inside of an industrial food processing stainless steel mixing tank. He used cleaning agents and a long handled brush for the task. As he was working inside the mixer, a coworker, also a sanitation worker, started up the mixer. Employee #1 was caught in the mixing blades of the mixer and sustained traumatic bodily injuries over his entire body. Emergency medical personnel were summoned. They arrived and used the jaws of life to extricate him from the mixer. Employee #1 was killed by injuries sustained in the mixing tank.

Keywords: Caught In, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Struck By

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1142619.015	44	M	Fatality		Janitors and cleaners

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