On Tuesday, December 6th 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Burlington, IA at Shearer'S Snacks, Llc.. A 36 year old Operations & systems researcher had been injured when the employee was caught between sizing roller and drive belt and
Accident Date2016-12-05
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt approximately 3:45 p.m. on December 5, 2016, an employee was starting up an oven and band for snack foods production. The employee was discovered unresponsive between the roller and band. The employee appeared to be pulled into ingoing nip point and killed. No guarding for the ingoing nip point was in use at the time of the incident. The employee's discovered position was with his right upper arm between the roller and the band, and his left arm between the roller and band at their elbow.