OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221485378

GREAT LAKES POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES LLC

KINGMAN, KS— 2022-08-04T00:00:00

Event: Abdomen, Agitator, Automatic Machine, Caught In, Chest, Crushed, Head, Impaled, Pulled In, Rotating Shaft
NAICS: 325220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346128697
Employer profile: GREAT LAKES POLYMER TECHNOLOGIES LLC
Summary number: 221485378
Report ID: 0729700

Event description

Employee is killed when pulled into bagger machine

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on August 4, 2022, an employee was working in the bagging area of a facility at the compression auto bagger machine when he was pulled into the agitation machine's rotating shaft. The employee was crushed and impaled by the agitator spikes to his head, chest, and abdomen causing his death.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 27 M

Event type
2

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