Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126602606 - Allied Concrete Company

Inspection Information - Office: Va-E-Verona (Field Office) - Health 0355122

Inspection Nr: 126602606

Report ID: 0355122

Date Opened: 08/21/1996

Site Address:
Allied Concrete Company
1000 Harris Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1647, Charlottesville, VA 22902

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3271

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 09/20/1996

Planning Guide: Health-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 12/30/1996

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362314080

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$875	$0	$0	$0	$0	$875
Current Penalty	$875	$0	$0	$0	$0	$875
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	19100147 C04 I	12/20/1996	12/26/1996	$875	$875	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14291900

Event: 08/20/1996

Employee killed in hopper, possibly crushed by mixer gate

On August 20, 1996, Employee #1, of Allied Concrete, a cinderblock manufacturer, was cleaning out a hopper and mixer. He had finished with the mixer and was in the hopper using a pneumatic chisel. Employee #1 was found dead in the hopper at approximately 10:30 p.m. The electric power to the mixer was locked out but the pneumatic mixer gate, which transfers mix to the hopper, is opened and closed by a switch on a panel in the control room downstairs and was not locked out. The door may have been activated from the control room and closed on Employee #1's neck, then later activated, releasing him after causing death by suffocation. At the time of this report, August 23, 1996, the cause of death is unknown.

Keywords: SUFFOCATED, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126602606			Fatality	Other	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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