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Accident Summary Nr: 14352249 - WOOD CHIP PILE COLLAPSED ONTO EMPLOYEE; HE SUFFOCATED

Accident Summary Nr: 14352249 -- Report ID: 0418400 -- Event Date: 11/17/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1215185	11/20/1985	2861	0	Hercules, Inc.
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1219476	11/18/1985	2861	0	Hercules Inc.

Abstract: AT APPROXIMATELY 4:45 AM ON NOVEMBER 17, 1985, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSIDE A 30 FOOT BY 50 FOOT BUILDING USED AS A STORAGE BIN FOR WOOD CHIPS. HE WAS USING A STEEL RAKE IN AN ATTEMPT TO DISLODGE CHIPS, WHICH WERE CLINGING TO THE SIDE OF THE BIN. THE CHIPS WERE FED INTO THE BIN ON AN OVERHEAD CONVEYOR, AND TAKEN FROM THE BIN FOR USE AS BOILER FUEL BY A DRAG CONVEYOR LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BIN. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SENT INTO THE BIN TO DISLODGE THE CHIPS BECAUSE THEY WERE NO LONGER FEEDING INTO THE DRAG CONVEYOR. WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DISLODGING THE CHIPS THEY COLLAPSED ONTO HIM AND BURIED HIM. (THE CHIPS WERE PILED UP 15 TO 20 FEET.) THE EMPLOYEE WAS SUFFOCATED.

Keywords: WOOD CHIPS, COLLAPSE, STORAGE BIN, SUFFOCATED, FLOWING MATERIAL, BRIDGED MATERIAL, BURIED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1215185					Occupation Not Listed
2	1219476			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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