OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14546402
OBSTRUCTED EGRESS,SAND SILO,ASPHYXIATED,SAND,CLOGGED,FLOWING MATERIAL,BURIED,TANK
Event description
Employee dies of asphyxia by sand at bottom of clogged tank
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:30 a.m. on April 3, 1989, Employee #1 entered at the bottom o f a 200 ton sand tank to open a sand block between the tank side and the tank sa nd deflector cone. He used a shovel to break the sand block. When the block was opened, the sand filled the exit port at the bottom of the tank. Employee #1 was completely covered with sand and died of asphyxia.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 47 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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