OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14339980
LIFELINE,STORAGE BIN,WORK RULES,FLOWING MATERIAL,BURIED
Event description
BURIED TO CHEST LEVEL IN WOOD CHIPS
Investigation abstract
TWO PLANT EMPLOYEES DISCOVERED THAT THE CHIP SILO AND ASSOCIATED CYCLONE HAD JAM 1 AT ABOUT 12:40 PM. HE HAD BEEN TRAPPED ABOUT 15 MINUTES. A SAFETY LINE WAS ATT ACHED TO EMPLOYEE #1 TO KEEP HIM FROM SINKING ANY FURTHER, AND HE WAS DUG OUT OF THE CHIPS. MED UP. THEY UNJAMMED THE CYCLONE AND MOVED THE CHIPS AWAY FROM ITS UNDER SIDE. THEY INFORMED THE PLANT SUPERINTENDENT THAT SOMEONE SHOULD BE ASSIGNED TO RAKE D OWN THE PILE OF CHIPS IN THE SILO TO PREVENT ANOTHER JAM. EMPLOYEE #1 TOLD THE P LANT SUPERINTENDENT THAT HE WOULD ENTER THE SILO AND RAKE DOWN THE CHIP PILE. AL THOUGH A LIFE LINE WAS AVAILABLE, EMPLOYEE #1 DID NOT USE IT BECAUSE HE FELT THA T IT HAMPERED HIS MOVEMENT. HE FINISHED HIS WORK IN ABOUT 20 MINUTES. AS HE WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE THE SILO, A SPOT THAT HE HAD STEPPED ON AT LEAST TEN TIMES GAVE W AY UNDER HIM. HE SANK IN UP TO HIS CHEST. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE DISCOVERED EMPLOYEE #
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 873
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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