Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201852977 - Employees Fall into Waste Bin and are Asphyxiated

Accident Summary Nr: 201852977 -- Report ID: 0452110 -- Event Date: 07/23/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
302080932	07/23/1999	2047	311111	Tyson Chicken, Inc. D/B/A Tyson Foods

Abstract: On July 23, 1999, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were working in a chicken processing plant. A container of new chicken waste had fallen into a raw meat waste bin. Employee #1 attempted to retrieve the container by riding a boatswain chair into the raw meat waste bin and wrapping a cable around the container. Employee #1 was being lifted out of the raw meat waste bin when he fell backward out of the boatswain chair into the bin. Employee #2 was lowered into the bin to rescue Employee #1 when Employee #2 also fell into the bin. Both employees were asphyxiated.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, CONFINED SPACE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, RESPIRATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302080932			Fatality	Asphyxia	Butchers and meat cutters
2	302080932			Fatality	Asphyxia	Butchers and meat cutters

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