OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #823302
EANCASTER SILO CO., INC.
WILLIAMSPORT, MD·
Event description
Employee killed when struck in face by falling stave
Investigation abstract
At approximately 9:30 a.m. on April 19, 1988, Employee #1 and six coworkers were and the foreman was ready to place the top hoop when the first stave in the cour se fell out. The foreman yelled a warning. He saw Employee #1 bend over, then st raighten up and look up in response to his warning. The foreman believes he yell ed at least one more warning, perhaps two, but Employee #1 did not move, althoug h he did put his arms in front of his face. The 75 lb, 30 in. high by 11 in. wid e stave struck him on the left side of his face. He was knocked from the wall to the barnyard and killed. Employee #1 and his coworkers were not wearing protect ive helmets. According to the foreman, protective helmets were available; the co mpany recommends but does not require that ground workers wear them. putting a 15 ft extension on a silo that was 16 ft in diameter and 45 ft high. Employee #1 was on the door side of the silo chute, standing above a barnyard on a stone wall that was 29 1/2 in. wide by 53 in. high. Two coworkers were out of the employee's sight on the ground around the base of the silo. The crew forema n was on a platform inside the silo chute. The remaining three coworkers, one of whom was a supervisor, were working on the platform inside the silo. Employee # 1 had sent up all the pre-cast concrete staves for the third course of the chute and the foreman had installed them. The bottom silo hoop was around the staves
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 9
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 7
- Occupation code
- 599
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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