Accident Report Detail
Accident: 110816.015 - Employee Is Killed When Crushed In Asphalt Slat Conveyor Chu
Accident: 110816.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 11/07/2018 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1358968.015 | 11/08/2018 | Western Engineering Co., Inc. | |||||
At 1:45 p.m. on November 7, 2018, Employee #1 was working at an asphalt production plant and preparing to take the temperature of asphalt entering the slat conveyor chute from a mixing drum with a shovel and a metal bucket. Employee #1 reached in to the open feed chute of a chain driven asphalt drag/slat conveyor, likely to retrieve a dropped sample bucket. Employee #1 was pulled by his arm into the unguarded drag/slat conveyor. He was also almost completely covered with hot asphalt. The employee was killed from head and torso crushing injuries along with severe burns from hot asphalt. | |||||||
Keywords:
crushing, head, unguarded, asphalt, burn, conveyor, arm, torso
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1358968.015 | 28 | M | Fatality | Other | Laborers, except construction |