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Inspection: 1320175 - Valley Ready Mix Concrete Company
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Inspection Information - Office: Appleton | ||||
| Nr: 1320175 | Report ID: 0521100 | Open Date: 07/25/1984 | ||
| Valley Ready Mix Concrete Company | ||||
| 1911 West Wisconsin Appleton, WI 54914 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 3273/Ready-Mixed Concrete | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 08/02/1984 | |
| Close Case: | 09/23/1985 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 360540207 | |||
| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
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| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $420 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $420 |
| Current Penalty | $420 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $420 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 5A0001 | 08/24/1984 | 09/28/1984 | $420 | $420 | $0 | - | ||
| 2. | 02001 | Other | 19100134 C | 08/24/1984 | 09/12/1984 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - |
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
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| Summary Nr: 14513113 | Event: 07/24/1984 | Suffocation In Concrete Powder Bin | ||||
| ON JULY 24, 1984, AT APPROXIMATELY 7:15 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BURIED IN CEMENT POWDER WHILE CLEANING OUT A CEMENT BIN. IT WAS NOT A NORMAL OPERATION TO CLEAN OUT THE CEMENT BIN. IT WAS BEING CLEANED BECAUSE OF A RECENTLY DISCOVERED WATER LEAK. AFTER THE LEAK WAS REPAIRED ALL OF THE CEMENT POWDER WAS BEING EMPTIED FROM THE BIN. EMPLOYEE #1 WENT INTO THE BIN SEVERAL TIMES TO BREAK UP CHUNKS OF CEMENT, HELPING THE POWDER FLOW OUT OF THE LOWER CHUTE GATE. WHENEVER HE ENTERED THE BIN EMPLOYEE #1 WORE A SAFETY BELT WITH AN ATTACHED ROPE, HELD IN CONSTANT TENSION BY AN OBSERVER AT THE TOP. THE INSIDE OF THE TANK HAD SEVERAL FLANGES WHICH ENABLED SOME OF THE CEMENT POWDER TO STICK TO THE INNER WALLS. SINCE THE BELT WAS UNDER CONSTANT TENSION, IT WAS SPECULATED THAT THE CEMENT LEFT ON THE FLANGES AND THE WALLS ABOVE AND ADJACENT TO THE EMPLOYEE CAVED IN AND COMPLETELY SUBMERGED HIM. IT TOOK RESCUERS NEARLY TWO HOURS TO FREE HIS BODY FROM THE BIN, AS THE POWDER KEPT COLLAPSING AROUND HIM. | ||||||
| Keywords: cement powder, suffocated, safety belt, bridged material, buried | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
| 1 | 1320175 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Occupation not reported | ||