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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14391296

WORK RULES,CLEANING,CRUSHED,ASPHALT

Event
WORK RULES,CLEANING,CRUSHED,ASPHALT
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14391296
Report ID
625700

Event description

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED BETWEEN ASPHALT SLAB AND SILO STRUCTURE

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 AND THREE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE WORKING INSIDE AN ASPHALT STORAGE SIL O REMOVING BUILT-UP ASPHALT FROM THE WALLS. EMPLOYEE #1 DISMOUNTED A SHORT LADDE R HE HAD BEEN WORKING FROM TO ALLOW ANOTHER EMPLOYEE TO LEAVE THE SILO. WHEN EMP LOYEE #1 MOVED AWAY FROM THE LADDER AND LEANED AGAINST THE BUILT-UP ASPHALT, A L ARGE (10 FEET LONG, 10 FEET WIDE AND 12 INCHES THICK) SECTION OF THE ASPHALT MOV ED AND PINNED EMPLOYEE #1 AGAINST AN INTERNAL STRUCTURAL MEMBER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 26 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    2

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