Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 110816.015 - Employee is killed when crushed in asphalt slat conveyor chu

Accident Summary Nr: 110816.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 11/07/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1358968.015	11/08/2018		324121	Western Engineering Co., Inc.

Abstract: At 1:45 p.m. on November 7, 2018, Employee #1 was working at an asphalt production plant and preparing to take the temperature of asphalt entering the slat conveyor chute from a mixing drum with a shovel and a metal bucket. Employee #1 reached in to the open feed chute of a chain driven asphalt drag/slat conveyor, likely to retrieve a dropped sample bucket. Employee #1 was pulled by his arm into the unguarded drag/slat conveyor. He was also almost completely covered with hot asphalt. The employee was killed from head and torso crushing injuries along with severe burns from hot asphalt.

Keywords: Arm, Asphalt, Burn, Conveyor, Crushing, Head, Torso, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1358968.015	28	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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