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Accident: 14454482 - Foot Amputated By Auger

Accident: 14454482 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 11/15/1985
InspectionOpen DateSICEstablishment Name
266154411/15/19852046Archer Daniels Midland Co. (Adm)
EMPLOYEE #1 STEPPED ON A METAL GRATE WALKWAY OVER A RUNNING AUGER. THE GRATE WAS NOT SECURED. THE BOLTS THAT HELD THE GRATE WERE MISSING. THE GRATE TIPPED. THE EMPLOYEE'S LEFT FOOT SLID INTO THE AUGER AND BECAME ENTANGLED. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ABLE TO PULL HIMSELF OUT OF THE AUGER. HIS FOOT WAS AMPUTATED AT THE ANKLE. THE GRATES ARE APPROXIMATELY 13" BY 19".
Keywords: amputated, screw conveyor, unsecured, grating, foot
Employee # Inspection Age Sex Degree Nature Occupation
1 2661544 Hospitalized injury Amputation Milling and planing machine operators

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