Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14384317 - Employee Asphyxiated When Jacket Caught In Revolving Shaft
Accident: 14384317 -- Report ID: 0523420 -- Event Date: 10/12/1986 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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101665784 | 10/21/1986 | 0191 | William F. Renk & Sons Inc. | ||||
WHILE WORKING ALONE ON A SUNDAY MORNING, EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS ALSO THE MANAGEMENT CONTROL OFFICIAL, APPARENTLY REACHED OVER OR THROUGH A REVOLVING RUBBER FINGERED METERING SHAFT TO LOOSEN A STUCK EAR OF SEED CORN. HIS JACKET BECAME CAUGHT BY A COTTER PIN IN THE SHAFT. HIS CHEST WAS DRAWN TIGHTLY TO A STRUCTURAL MEMBER, RENDERING HIM UNABLE TO BREATHE. HE WAS ASPHYXIATED. | |||||||
Keywords:
clothing, asphyxiated, rotating shaft, work rules, entangled, unguarded
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 101665784 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Occupation not reported |