Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 361488315 - Employee injures arm in mixer

Accident Summary Nr: 361488315 -- Report ID: 0950614 -- Event Date: 04/10/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301133336	07/08/2002	2032	0	Native Kjalii Foods Inc

Abstract: On April 10, 2002, Employee #1 was obtaining a production sample of salsa being mixed in a 150-gallon Will Flow Corporation horizontal food mixer (Serial Number 48964). He was standing on an empty plastic milk crate to reach over the 57-in.-high lip of the mixer's drum. With the mixer running, he dipped a cup into the mixture, the crate slipped, and he fell. The mixing paddles injured his left arm and he was hospitalized for a fracture, lacerations, and contusions. The causes of the accident were standing on an unstable surface and lack of a cover interlocked to cut power when opened. Employee #1 stated that he was trained to perform sampling in this manner.

Keywords: MIXER BLADE, FRACTURE, COVER, CRATE, MIXER, LOCKOUT, LACERATION, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, ARM

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301133336			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Mixing and blending machine operators

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