OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14454433
SAND,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,FLOWING MATERIAL,FALL,FALL PROTECTION,HOPPER
Event description
FELL THROUGH SAND HOPPER GATE AND WAS CRUSHED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF A JOHNSON RANGER SAND HOPPER, SER# 62808. THE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT STANDING AND SITTI NG ON THE SAND IN THE HOPPER. HOPPER WAS 16 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND WAS 11 FEET WIDE AND 30 FEET LONG. HE AP PARENTLY WANTED TO CHECK ON A MALFUNCTIONING SWITCH THAT CONTROLS THE FLOW OF SA ND INTO THE HOPPER. EMPLOYEE #1 APPARENTLY EITHER FELL INTO THE HOPPER OR, WHILE STANDING ON THE SAND AT THE TOP OF THE HOPPER, SLIPPED AND WAS DUMPED INTO A CO NTROL GATE WHICH FUNNELS THE SAND TO ITS DESTINATION. THE PRESSURE OF THE SAND, WHICH IS ABOUT 3,500 PSI IN THE GATE, CRUSHED AND KILLED EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE # 1 WAS NOT WEARING ANY TYPE OF FALL PROTECTON. THE CONCRETE PLANT IS COMPUTERIZED AND OPERATED FROM A CONTROL TRAILER SOME 15 FEET AWAY. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SEEN BY
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 699
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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