Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149027.015 - Employee Is Killed By Asphyxiation When Crushed By Large Bag

Accident Summary Nr: 149027.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 08/22/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1616429.015	08/23/2022		326199	Rhetech Llc

Abstract: At 6:45 p.m. on August 22, 2022, an employee was attempting to seal a leaking bag of plastic media at a plastics product manufacturing facility. The leaking bag was underneath of a second 2,000 pound bag of plastic media, and the shifting material caused the bag stacked on top to fall onto the employee. The employee was crushed between the bag of plastic media and the cement floor and was killed by asphyxiation.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Concrete Floor, Crushed, Crushing, Falling Object, Plastic Mfg, Stack, Stacked, Struck By, Unsecured, Unstable Load

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1616429.015	31	M	Fatality		Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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