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Accident Summary Nr: 125118.015 - Employee is killed when hopper inadvertently starts

Accident Summary Nr: 125118.015 -- Report ID: 0418600 -- Event Date: 03/30/2020
Inspection NrDate OpenedSICNAICSEstablishment Name
1471437.01503/30/2020541330Southern Field Maintenance And Fabrication, L.L.C.

Abstract: At approximately 8:45 a.m. on March 30, 2020, an employee, a contractor, was working with coworker #1. They were conducting preventative maintenance on Hopper 8 of Dust Collector System 2 while coworker #2 and coworker #3 were conducting the same activity on Hopper 8 of Dust Collector System 3 at the host site's facility. Due to excess material in Dust Collector 3 that was preventing the activity, coworker #2 reported the issue to a host site employee and stated that Hopper 8 Dust Collector System 3 would need to be unlocked and run for a while. Then, the host site employee unlocked Hopper 8 of Dust Collector System 2 instead of what coworker #2 had recommended. Hopper 8 of Dust Collector System 2 inadvertently started while the employee was reaching inside to change out the bearings of the paddle conveyor and was caught-in the paddle conveyor as it started moving. The employee was pulled into the hopper and entangled around the paddle conveyor, and was killed.

Keywords: Caught In, Conveyor, Entangled, Hopper

Employee Details
Employee # Inspection Nr Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 1471437.015 30 M Fatality Engineering technicians, n.e.c.

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