Inspection Detail

Inspection: 100257682 - Liberty Rice Mill Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Baton Rouge Area Office

Inspection Nr: 100257682

Report ID: 0625700

Date Opened: 07/30/1985

Site Address:
Liberty Rice Mill Inc
200 W Mill St
Kaplan, LA 70548

Mailing Address:
P O Box 218, Kaplan, LA 70548

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2044

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/28/1985

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/28/1985

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360691349

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14393193

Event: 07/29/1985

CAUGHT ARM IN RICE GRADING CYLINDER ON RICE GRADING MACHINE

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS ALONE WHEN HE WAS ATTEMPING TO CLEAN THE PRECISION CYLINDERS IN A RICE GRADING MACHINE. HE DID THIS BY TAKING THE HINGED GUARD DOWN AND BRUSHING THE CYLINDER WITH A HAND-HELD WIRE BRUSH. THIS WAS DONE WITH THE MACHINE RUNNING. AS HE WAS BRUSHING THE CYLINDER HIS LEFT HAND GOT CAUGHT, PULLING HIS LEFT ARM INTO THE MACHINE. IN WHAT WAS DETERMINED TO BE ABOUT ONE HALF HOUR TO FORTY FIVE MINUTES LATER, ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WENT TO RELIEVE HIM AND FOUND HIM WITH HIS LEFT ARM STUCK IN THE MACHINE AND THE MACHINE RUNNING. SEVERAL EMPLOYEES DISMANTLED THE MACHINE AND REMOVED EMPLOYEE #1, WHO HAD DIED FROM SHOCK AND MASSIVE BLOOD LOSS.

Keywords: SHOCK, LOSS OF BLOOD, CLEANING, LOCKOUT, MECH MAT HANDLING, ARM

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100257682			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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