OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14558092
SHIPYARD RIVER COAL TERMINAL CO.
CHARLESTON, SC·
Event description
Employee killed when buried in coal hopper
Investigation abstract
At approximately 7:45 a.m. on March 23, 1987, Employee #1, a maintenance worker, was on the load rack observing coal being loaded by a conveyor belt into a rail car. The dual chutes became clogged. Employee #1 apparently climbed a ladder to the top platform and got on the conveyor belt to look into the hopper. The belt was restarted and carried Employee #1 into the hopper. He was buried under the c oal and died of suffocation. There were no witnesses to the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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