Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14454433 - FELL THROUGH SAND HOPPER GATE AND WAS CRUSHED

Accident Summary Nr: 14454433 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 04/12/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
2652154	04/15/1985	1611	0	Mccarthy Improvement Co

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 CLIMBED TO THE TOP OF A JOHNSON RANGER SAND HOPPER, SER# 62808. THE HOPPER WAS 16 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND AND WAS 11 FEET WIDE AND 30 FEET LONG. HE APPARENTLY WANTED TO CHECK ON A MALFUNCTIONING SWITCH THAT CONTROLS THE FLOW OF SAND INTO THE HOPPER. EMPLOYEE #1 APPARENTLY EITHER FELL INTO THE HOPPER OR, WHILE STANDING ON THE SAND AT THE TOP OF THE HOPPER, SLIPPED AND WAS DUMPED INTO A CONTROL GATE WHICH FUNNELS THE SAND TO ITS DESTINATION. THE PRESSURE OF THE SAND, WHICH IS ABOUT 3,500 PSI IN THE GATE, CRUSHED AND KILLED EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS NOT WEARING ANY TYPE OF FALL PROTECTON. THE CONCRETE PLANT IS COMPUTERIZED AND OPERATED FROM A CONTROL TRAILER SOME 15 FEET AWAY. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SEEN BY ANOTHER EMPLOYEE APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT STANDING AND SITTING ON THE SAND IN THE HOPPER.

Keywords: SAND, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, FLOWING MATERIAL, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, HOPPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2652154			Fatality	Other	Miscellaneous plant and system operators

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