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Accident: 124791.015 - Employee, Engulfed By Rocks In Hopper, Is Killed
Accident: 124791.015 -- Report ID: 0626700 -- Event Date: 03/05/2020
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name |
1467651.015 | 03/05/2020 | | Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc. |
At 1:00 a.m. on March 5, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was attempting to repair a conveyor belt motor while standing on top of a holdin g hopper. The hopper gates opened, and the employee fell into the hopper, which contained stone and rock debris. The employee was engulfed in the rocks. Empl oyee #1 sustained blunt force trauma to his chest and abdomen and was killed by suffocation/asphyxiation.
Keywords:
abdomen, asphyxiated, blunt force trauma, chest, construction, conveyor belt, engulfed, equipment failure, fall, hopper, rock, suffocated
Accident Details
End Use |
Proj Type |
Proj Cost |
Stories |
NonBldgHt |
Fatality |
Highway, road, street |
New project or new addition |
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X |
Employee Details
Employee # |
Inspection |
Age |
Sex |
Degree |
Nature |
1 |
1467651.015 |
56 |
M |
Fatality |
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