OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14202006
U & R EXPRESS INC
KLAMATH FALLS, OR—
Event description
ASPHYXIATED BY OPENING BIN GATE
Investigation abstract
ON APRIL 13, 1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 2 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS LOADING HIS TRUCK TRAI LER WITH BARK OR HOG FUEL FROM A DRIVE-UNDER BARK BIN. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES T O THE ACCIDENT, BUT IT IS SURMISED THAT THE EMPLOYEE EITHER HAD DIFFICULTY WITH THE CONTROLS OR ENTERED THE AREA TO PERFORM SOME OTHER TASK, SUCH AS CLEANING TH E WINDOW ON THE CONTROL HOUSE. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND HANGING BY THE NECK AND LEF T SHOULDER, SQUEEZED BY THE WIDE-OPEN JAW OF THE BIN GATE AGAINST THE SUPPORTING FRAME AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE BIN. APPARENTLY EMPLOYEE #1 SLIPPED OR FEL L AGAINST THE CONTROL MECHANISM, CAUSING THE GATE JAWS TO OPEN. THE EMPLOYEE DIE D OF TRAUMATIC ASPHYXIATION.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 804
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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#981 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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