Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 88472.015 - Employee Caught By A Rotating Auger And Is Killed

Accident Summary Nr: 88472.015 -- Report ID: 0352450 -- Event Date: 04/30/2016
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1145288.015	04/30/2016		541320	Lasting Impressions Landscape Contractors, Inc.

Abstract: At approximately 1:15 p.m. on April 30, 2016, Employee #1 was adjusting the mulch flow on a mulch blower truck. After realizing the controls were not adjusting the mulch flow to where it needed to be, he climbed a ladder located on the back of the mulch truck. Employee #1 then jumped into the back of the truck and started to move the mulch into the auger with a pitchfork. As he moved the mulch for approximately 45 seconds, he was caught by and pulled into the stir stick of a rotating auger. Employee #1 sustained traumatic injuries when he was wrapped around the stir stick and died.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught In, Machine Guarding

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1145288.015	45	M	Fatality

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