OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14530166
SAWDUST,FALL,FLOOR OPENING
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 went into a sawdust room to direct the sawdust through a 12-inch by 24-inch floor opening where it was being bagged below. Employee #1 was engulfed by the sawdust and fell into the floor opening and became lodged.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 35 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 9210
- Task assigned
- 2
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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