OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14363956
OSCAR ROBERTS CONCRETE PRODUCTS COMPANY
BROOKLYN PARK, MN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH BY FALLING AGGREGATE HOPPER
Investigation abstract
AN OVERHEAD AGGREGATE HOPPER WITH A CAPACITY OF 300 TO 500 TONS WAS SUSPENDED AP PROXIMATELY 15 FEET ABOVE A WORK AREA. THE HOPPER FELL AND TRAPPED FOUR EMPLOYEE S. THREE EMPLOYEES WERE RESCUED WITHIN MINUTES. THEY WERE EXAMINED AND RELEASED THE SAME DAY. EMPLOYEE #1, THE FOURTH EMPLOYEE, WAS FOUND SOME FIVE HOURS LATER. HE HAD BEEN CRUSHED TO DEATH BY FALLING DEBRIS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 777
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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