Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 894907 - Seventeen-year-old employee's leg amputated by floor auger

Accident Summary Nr: 894907 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 09/19/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
112371158	09/19/1990	5153	0	Old Dominion Grain Corporation

Abstract: Employee #1, age 17, was cleaning the floor of a grain bin. He was standing behind a floor sweep auger and next to an unguarded hole over a floor auger. When the floor sweep auger was turned on it apparently jerked forward, causing the employee to instinctively back away. He stepped into the unguarded hole, amputating his left leg at mid-thigh.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, CLEANING, AUGER, FLOOR OPENING, GRAIN BIN, UNGUARDED, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112371158			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Laborers, except construction

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