Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14506232 - EMPLOYEE BURIED UNDERNEATH CINDER MATERIAL IN STORAGE BIN

Accident Summary Nr: 14506232 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 06/08/1982
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
217824408	06/08/1982	3271	0	Valley Building Supply Co

Abstract: THE CINDER MATERIAL IN A STORAGE BIN WAS NOT FLOWING PROPERLY TO THE MIXER. EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED THE TOP OF THE BIN TO DISLODGE THE CINDER MATERIAL. APPARENTLY, THE CINDER WAS "BRIDGED". WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED THE TOP OF THE CINDER MATERIAL, IT CAVED-IN. HE WAS COMPLETELY BURIED AND WAS ASPHYXIATED. IT TOOK RESCUE WORKERS THREE HOURS TO FIND HIS BODY.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, STORAGE BIN, SUFFOCATED, FLOWING MATERIAL, BRIDGED MATERIAL, BURIED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	217824408			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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