Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201087848 - Employee Is Trapped in Sand and Suffocated

Accident Summary Nr: 201087848 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 05/24/2006
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120092226	05/24/2006	3273	327320	Outback Material

Abstract: On May 24, 2006, Employee #1 was working at Outback Material Co., a ready mix concrete operation with a delivery service located in Auberry, CA. She drove a concrete delivery truck. As her truck was being loaded with mixed cement, the batch mixing conveyor motor tripped its circuit breaker. Employee #1 volunteered to go up the hill to the batch hopper conveyor and reset the motor, by pushing the reset button on the motor. She reset the motor and started to walk across the inactive sand hopper, which was almost full of sand. At this moment, the discharge valve released. The discharging sand pulled her in and buried her. She was suffocated. Her remains were taken to the Fresno County Coroner's morgue for an autopsy.

Keywords: DELIVERY WORK, SAND SILO, SAND, CONCRETE TRUCK, SUFFOCATED, CIRCUIT BREAKER, UNSTABLE SURFACE, CONVEYOR BELT, TRUCK DRIVER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120092226			Fatality	Asphyxia	Truck drivers, heavy

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