Accident Report Detail

Accident: 140783.015 - Employee Is Killed When Struck By Diverter

**Accident: 140783.015 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 11/01/2021**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
1561227.015	11/01/2021		Arrowhead Environmental, Llc

At 8:30 a.m. on November 1, 2021, an employee was vacuuming at the access point of the diverter chute, when a coworker radioed to the floor shift supervisor, wh o was operating the furnace, to open the rolling slide gate at the bottom of the hopper. The supervisor moved the selection switch in the control room actuating the slide gate and catching the employee between the diverter plate and the top of the hopper housing. The employee suffered blunt force trauma to his upper bo dy and head and died due to his injuries.

Keywords: blunt force, blunt force trauma, caught between, crushed, gate, head, hopper, hopper door, lockout, lockout/tagout, maintenance, slide, struck by, torso

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1561227.015	51	M	Fatality		Janitors and cleaners

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