Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201104726 - Employee fell and killed in a meat grinder

Accident Summary Nr: 201104726 -- Report ID: 0950624 -- Event Date: 03/23/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300816907	03/24/2004	2011	311611	Richwood Meat Co. Inc.

Abstract: On March 23, 2004, an employee, mixer operator, was last seen standing on the outside of the Butcher Boy meat mixer and grinder with 2000 lbs capacity, at the front end. Very short time later coworkers heard a "clicking" sound coming from the mixer and grinder. They went to the machine and hit the emergency stop and looked in the mixer to find the employee lying inside. The employee's head was at the front of the Butcher Boy tank and legs partially under the mixing paddles. The sides of the Butcher Boy were 48-in. high from the work platform where the employee was standing. The employee was 75 in. tall.

Keywords: FALL, MEAT GRINDER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300816907			Fatality	Other	Mixing and blending machine operators

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