OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237507
ROGERS ICE CO INC
ROGERS, AR—
Event description
Employee bled to death after losing his arm in machine
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 54, was running a Serfecto ice-scoring machine (Serial No. 2944 ), scoring a 300-pound block of ice. He was alone in the ice house operating the machine when his clothing became entangled in the scoring blades. He was pulled into the machine, and it severed his left arm. He bled to death before he could be rescued.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 54 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 21
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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