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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14506232

ASPHYXIATED,STORAGE BIN,SUFFOCATED,FLOWING MATERIAL,BRIDGED MATERIAL,BURIED

Event
ASPHYXIATED,STORAGE BIN,SUFFOCATED,FLOWING MATERIAL,BRIDGED MATERIAL,BURIED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14506232
Report ID
830500

Event description

EMPLOYEE BURIED UNDERNEATH CINDER MATERIAL IN STORAGE BIN

Investigation abstract

THE CINDER MATERIAL IN A STORAGE BIN WAS NOT FLOWING PROPERLY TO THE MIXER. EMPL OYEE #1 ENTERED THE TOP OF THE BIN TO DISLODGE THE CINDER MATERIAL. APPARENTLY, THE CINDER WAS "BRIDGED". WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED THE TOP OF THE CINDER MATERIA L, IT CAVED-IN. HE WAS COMPLETELY BURIED AND WAS ASPHYXIATED. IT TOOK RESCUE WOR KERS THREE HOURS TO FIND HIS BODY.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 28 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    2
    Source
    12
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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