Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200031102 - One employee killed, one injured, when engulfed by sugar

Accident Summary Nr: 200031102 -- Report ID: 0521700 -- Event Date: 07/21/2000
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
303121669	07/25/2000	7699	0	Phoenix Industrial Cleaning

Abstract: Employees #1 and #2 were contracted to clean and scrape a sugar silo. They had entered the silo five times, but on the sixth entry they became engulfed in sugar. They were rescued, but were engulfed a second time as sugar continued to pour out of the silo. Employee #1 died of asphyxia; Employee #2 sustained injuries that required hospitalization.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, DUST, STORAGE BIN, CLEANING, INHALATION, FLOWING MATERIAL, BURIED, DUST INHALATION, SILO

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303121669			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported
2	303121669			Hospitalized injury	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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