OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #804104
ROSA'S BLOCK CENTER
RIO GRANDE, PR·
Event description
Employee killed when covered by sand in cone
Investigation abstract
At 11:30 a.m. on November 15, 1988, Employee #1's supervisor instructed him to g o up the cone to chop (cut up) the material for brick manufacturing. At 11:50 a. m., coworkers went looking for Employee #1 for lunch, but could not find him. A coworker noticed legs hanging from part of the cone. The sand had fallen, coveri ng Employee #1 and killing him. Coworkers proceeded to remove the material in th e cone in order to remove Employee #1's body.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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