OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #977421

SUFFOCATED,WORK RULES,FALL,UNSTABLE POSITION

1986-11-26T00:00:00

Event: SUFFOCATED,WORK RULES,FALL,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 977421
Report ID: 454712

Event description

Employee suffocates to death after falling into fuel house

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working outside shoveling fuel from a fuel house onto a conveyor that fed the chain boiler. In an attempt to break the fuel loose he climbed ato p the fuel house and fell into it, suffocating to death.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 20 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
31

Event type
10

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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