Inspection Detail

Inspection: 2317519 - El Dorado Chemical Co.

Inspection Information - Office: Dallas Area Office

Inspection Nr: 2317519

Report ID: 0626300

Date Opened: 03/29/1989

Site Address:
El Dorado Chemical Co.
500 E. Temple
Terrell, TX 75160

Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 27382, St.Louis, MO 63141

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:5261

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 05/18/1989

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/15/1990

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360331300

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$210	$0	$0	$0	$0	$210
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19100023 A03	06/21/1989	07/11/1989	$210	$210	$0	07/14/1989	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14399034

Event: 03/25/1989

Employee killed after fall into ammonium nitrate hopper car

At approximately 8:30 p.m. on March 25, 1989, Employee #1, age 17, and a coworker were emptying a covered railroad car, serial #FL 1375, that had three compartments. Two of the compartments were empty and the third was one-half to two-thirds full of ammonium nitrate. The fertilizer was gravity fed to a conveyor system at the bottom. Employee #1 and the coworker alternated using an 18 ft pole to poke into the vortex and break up clumps. They apparently decided that it would be easier to kick at the clumps and climbed into the cone of the hopper, but lost their grip and fell into the quicksand-like prilled fertilizer. The coworker attempted to assist Employee #1 but was unsuccessful; he got out and went to turn off the conveyor system and to get help. Paramedics on site attempted a medical rescue but considered Employee #1 to have suffocated in the prilled ammonium nitrate.

Keywords: HOPPER CAR, SUFFOCATED, AMMONIUM NITRATE, WORK RULES, RAILROAD CAR, INHALATION, FLOWING MATERIAL, FALL

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2317519			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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