Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 45688.015 - Employee is caught between semi trailer and conveyor and kil

Accident Summary Nr: 45688.015 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 05/29/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
909584.015	05/31/2013		484230	K & D Transportation Services Inc.

Abstract: At 3:15 p.m. on May 29, 2013, an employee was unloading soybean meal from a hopper truck trailer onto a horizontal conveyor. The employee was in the process of entering the grain hopper semi-trailer to sweep out the soybean meal residue when he slid down the back slope of the trailer and fell out the bottom hatch onto a running horizontal conveyor that was moving the load into the facility. The employee was wedged between the conveyor and the bottom of the trailer, breaking ribs and causing positional asphyxiation. The employee was trapped for approximately 15 minutes and was revived by EMS en route to the hospital but never regained consciousness. The employee died after he was taken off life support on May 31, 2013. The cause of death was listed as anoxic brain injury.

Keywords: Access/Egress, Asphyxiated, Caught In, Confined Space, Conveyor, Crushing, Floor Opening, Flowing Material, Lockout/Tagout, Material Handling, Motor Vehicle

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	909584.015	52	M	Fatality		Truck drivers, heavy

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.