Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14336366 - Employee drowns in vat after falling through grating

Accident Summary Nr: 14336366 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 03/24/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18315242	03/28/1989	2621	0	Ponderosa Fibres Of America, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 worked at a paper recycling plant. Fiberglass grating had been installed 1 1/2 years before above the pulp processing vats/chests. Employee #1 stepped on or down to a piece of grating that pivoted and dropped him and a piece of grating into the vat. Employee #1 drowned.

Keywords: GRATING, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, UNSTABLE SURFACE, FALL, DROWN, TANK

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18315242			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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