Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200555225 - Employee Is Asphyxiated from Fall Into Sand Hopper

Accident Summary Nr: 200555225 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 04/19/2008
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
311523898	04/22/2008	1611	237310	Denton James, Llc

Abstract: On April 19, 2008, Employee #1 climbed a ladder to the top of a hopper to check that three hoppers were being filling properly (two with gravel and one with sand). As he observed a conveyor belt filling sand into a hopper, he fell into the hopper. Sand covered him, and he died from asphyxiation.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, SAND, FALL, BURIED, CONVEYOR BELT, HOPPER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		New project or new addition		$20,000,000 and over	1	2	X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	311523898			Fatality	Asphyxia	Construction trades, n.e.c.	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Asphyxiation/inhalation of toxic vapor

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