Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 93339.015 - Employee falls into preheater basket and is killed

Accident Summary Nr: 93339.015 -- Report ID: 0626300 -- Event Date: 02/17/2017
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1211909.015	02/18/2017		811310	Rsi Industrial, Llc

Abstract: At 8:30 a.m. on February 17, 2017, an employee was replacing an expansion joint inside a permit-required confined space. The employee fell from a sloped surface into the moving/rotating preheater basket. The employee was struck by the rotating horizontal fan and was killed.

Keywords: Amputation, Caught In, Confined Space, Crushing, Fall, Fall Protection, Lockout/Tagout

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1211909.015	25	M	Fatality		Welders and cutters

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