Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170762140 - Employee injured when silage pile collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 170762140 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 01/14/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
119792505	05/04/1998	2875	0	Biorecycling Technologies, Inc.

Abstract: On January 14, 1997, Employee #1 was loading trucks with grape silage from a pile that was 25 ft tall by 200 ft long by 150 ft wide. He got off his loader to retrieve a towing chain from the nearly vertical pile when it collapsed, crushing him. Employee #1 sustained multiple fractures of his arms, legs, and pelvis, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: LOADING, FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CRUSHED, FLOWING MATERIAL, PELVIS, UNSTABLE SURFACE, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119792505			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Excavating and loading machine operators

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