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Accident Summary Nr: 14363956 - EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH BY FALLING AGGREGATE HOPPER

Accident Summary Nr: 14363956 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 04/26/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107784035	04/26/1988	3271	0	Oscar Roberts Concrete Products Company

Abstract: AN OVERHEAD AGGREGATE HOPPER WITH A CAPACITY OF 300 TO 500 TONS WAS SUSPENDED APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET ABOVE A WORK AREA. THE HOPPER FELL AND TRAPPED FOUR EMPLOYEES. THREE EMPLOYEES WERE RESCUED WITHIN MINUTES. THEY WERE EXAMINED AND RELEASED THE SAME DAY. EMPLOYEE #1, THE FOURTH EMPLOYEE, WAS FOUND SOME FIVE HOURS LATER. HE HAD BEEN CRUSHED TO DEATH BY FALLING DEBRIS.

Keywords: UNSECURED, CRUSHED, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, HOPPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107784035			Fatality	Other	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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