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Accident: 845610 - Employee Suffocates After Falling Into Sand Hopper

**Accident: 845610 -- Report ID: 0521100 -- Event Date: 08/05/1994**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
122484082	08/05/1994	3273	C. Harvey Company Inc.

Apparently, Employee #1 entered a sand hopper to loosen bridged material. When the material collapsed, he fell into the hopper chute and suffocated.

Keywords: sand, collapse, suffocated, unsecured, flowing material, fall, bridged material, mech malfunction, hopper

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	122484082			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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