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Accident Summary Nr: 14377113 - EMPLOYEES FELL INTO FLOWING MATERIAL; TWO BURIED, ONE HURT

Accident Summary Nr: 14377113 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 09/07/1984
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1343128	09/27/1984	1799	0	Vip International Inc

Abstract: ON SEPTEMBER 27, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM, EMPLOYEES # 1, 2, AND 3 WERE VACUUMING CATALYST FROM THE AIR PREHEATER OF A CATALYTIC CRACKING UNIT. THE AIR PREHEATER IS A HORIZONTAL VESSEL. AS THEY WERE PROCEEDING INTO THE VESSEL, PICKING AND VACUUMING THE CATALYST, THEY BROKE THROUGH A "BRIDGE" OF CATALYST IN THE VERTICAL AIR PIPE OF THE PREHEATHER. THE AIR PIPE WAS FULL OF CATALYST, WHICH FLOWED INTO THE VESSEL, BURYING EMPLOYEES #1 AND 2, AND KNOCKING EMPLOYEE #3 OUT OF THE VESSEL.

Keywords: SUFFOCATED, CLEANING, FLOWING MATERIAL, BRIDGED MATERIAL, BURIED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1343128	Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
2	1343128	Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
3	1343128	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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