OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14513725
VULCAN CORPORATION
ANTIGO, WI·
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUFFOCATED FROM SAWDUST
Investigation abstract
An employee was raking sawdust onto a conveyor that was located inside the sawdu st fuel bin. A wall of caked-on saw dust fell on the employee, causing him to co llapse and suffocate.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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