Abstract: EMPLOYEES 1 AND 2 WERE WORKING INSIDE A RAILROAD HOPPER CAR, USING AN ELECTRIC JACKHAMMER AND A SLEDGEHAMMER TO REMOVE HARDENED AMMONUIM NITRATE PRILLS FROM THE SIDES OF THE CAR. THE EMPLOYEES WERE STANDING ON A 2" X 12" WOODEN PLANK LAID ACROSS THE WIDTH OF THE CAR WHEN APPROXIMATELY THREE TONS OF THE HARDENED AMMONIUM NITRATE FELL TO THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR, UPSETTING THE PLANK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THROWN HEAD FIRST INTO THE FERTILIZER AND WAS SUBSEQUENTLY BURIED FROM HIS HEAD TO HIS KNEES. EMPLOYEE #2 WAS BURIED UP TO HIS KNEES, BUT WAS ABLE TO PULL HIMSELF OUT. HE WAS UNABLE TO PULL EMPLOYEE #1 FROM THE FERTILIZER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS REMOVED FROM THE FERTILIZER BY RESCUE WORKERS, BUT WAS DEAD ON ARRIVAL AT SHERIDAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.