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Accident Summary Nr: 14541718 - EMPLOYEE SUFFERED FATAL HEAD INJURIES IN A CONCRETE PLANT

Accident Summary Nr: 14541718 -- Report ID: 0418100 -- Event Date: 08/18/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
101097764	09/03/1987	3273	0	Cornell Young Concrete

Abstract: AT 12 PM ON AUGUST 18, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING ALONE AS A LABORER IN A CONCRETE BATCH PLANT. HE WAS ASSIGNED THE TASK OF INSERTING A KEY IN A CHAIN SPROCKET DRIVE MOTOR ON A FLAT BELT CONVEYOR. A CO-WORKER, A TRUCK DRIVER, RETURNED TO THE PLANT AND SAW EMPLOYEE #1 LYING BETWEEN TWO VERTICAL TANKS IN A POOL OF BLOOD. LACERATIONS ON EMPLOYEE #1'S HEAD WERE VISIBLE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TRANSPORTED TO AN EMERGENCY ROOM, NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS, AND DIED ON SEPTEMBER 14, 1987. NO TOOLS WERE FOUND WHICH THE EMPLOYEE MAY HAVE USED. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE THAT THE EMPLOYEE HAD FALLEN FROM THE VERTICAL TANKS OR CONVEYOR BELT. THE KEY HAD NOT BEEN INSTALLED. THERE WAS MEDICAL EVIDENCE OF A STROKE AND THE EMPLOYEE HAD A HISTORY OF "BLACK OUTS."

Keywords: HEAD, REPAIR, CONVEYOR, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101097764			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Laborers, except construction

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