Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170608186 - Employee injured when buried by sugar in silo

Accident Summary Nr: 170608186 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 07/26/1996
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119798700	08/28/1996	6552	0	Spreckels Develop. Co.

Abstract: On July 26, 1996, Employee #1,of Spreckles Development Company, and three coworkers were shoveling the remaining sugar out of a 130 ft high (inside dimension) by 40 ft wide silo at a closed sugar plant. Employee #1 stepped through an approximately 10 ft high crusted over sugar pile and into a 3 ft square floor chute. He was momentarily covered by sugar. Employee #1 was treated for sugar inhalation at a local hospital, where he remained for two days for observation.

Keywords: WORK RULES, INHALATION, FLOWING MATERIAL, UNSTABLE SURFACE, BURIED, DUST INHALATION, SILO

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119798700			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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