Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202363651 - Employee Is Killed When Struck by Hopper Lid

Accident Summary Nr: 202363651 -- Report ID: 1055340 -- Event Date: 02/23/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
307416115	02/23/2004	1611	237310	Lakeside Industries

Abstract: On February 23, 2004, Employee #1, a loader, was removing and replacing a screen deck on top of an asphalt batch plant. As he was sitting on the edge of the chute to the plant's hopper and using a cut-off torch to remove the bolts holding the screen deck in place, the heavy lid of the hopper unit fell and struck Employee #1 in the back. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: CHEST, ASPHYXIATED, REPAIR, CAUGHT BETWEEN, STRUCK BY, HOPPER

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Highway, road, street		Other		Under $50,000			X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	307416115			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported	Distance of Fall: feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: feet Cause: Paving Fatality Cause: Caught in stationary equipment

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