OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478101
MAINTENANCE,WALL,KILN,COLLAPSE,CEILING,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,UNTRAINED
Event description
Employee crushed by collapsing wall and ceiling of kiln
Investigation abstract
Seven employees were chipping away an excessive build up of lime on the inside o . As he took over, he stated that the path (or keyway) was too narrow. Suddenly the wall and ceiling behind him fell and drove him to the floor. The opposite wa ll then fell on top of the employee, crushing him to death. The employees had be en inadequately trained to identify safety hazards and the proper precautions to be taken. No predetermined safe width was provided to the employees for the pat hway cut through the top portion of the kiln. f a horizontal lime kiln. The kiln was 300 feet long and 10.5 feet in diameter. The lime was built up to a depth of about 3 feet. The first shift had finished c leaning all but a 15-foot section when the second shift (including employee #1) reported for work. The second shift divided into two three-man crews and began t o chip a path through the top part of the remaining section. The first crew comp leted chipping a path 1.5 to 2 feet wide through about 14 feet of the remaining 15-foot section. Employee #1 and his two coworkers took over the chipping job. E mployee #1 asked the employee who had started the chipping if he could take over
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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