OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #780924
ASPHYXIATED,CRUSHED,BURIED
Event description
EMPLOYEE CAUGHT IN BIN AND KILLED
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker began cleaning raw material bins at an asphalt plant. On the last bin (limestone sand) the vibrator was turned on at the control room and Employee #1 took a long handled shovel and a 6-ft rod to the bin, climbed u p on the trenches in front of the bin, and jumped in. The bin was being emptied and Employee #1 went through and was covered up by tons of material. When Employ ee #1 did not return to the control building, the coworker went to check on him and found him dead. Employee #1 was found hanging out the bottom of the bin with the upper portion of his body still in the bin.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 756
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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