OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14515548
CEMENT PRODUCTS CORPORATION
TALLEVAST, FL—
Event description
BURIED IN SAND SILO
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS IN THE TOP OF THE DOUBLE SILO TO GAUGE THE AMOUNT OF SCREENING M ATERIAL AND SAND. THE SCREENING MATERIAL WAS LOW AND WAS FILLED. THE SAND SILO W AS ABOUT HALF FULL AND ALSO NEEDED TO BE FILLED. EMPLOYEE #1 SIGNALLED THE FRONT LOADER OPERATOR THAT THE SAND LEVEL WAS AT ABOUT HALF AND THAT HE SHOULD BEGIN LOADING. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS NOT SEEN AGAIN. THE FRONT LOADER OPERATOR STOPPED LOADI NG WHEN HE SAW SAND EMERGING FROM THE DOOR OF THE SILO. MANAGEMENT WAS ALERTED W HEN THE EMPLOYEE WAS NOT FOUND AND WORKERS BEGAN DIGGING THE SAND FROM THE SILO. EMPLOYEE #1'S BODY WAS FOUND BURIED IN THE SAND. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF EMPLOYEE #1 FELL INTO THE SILO OR PERHAPS JUMPED IN TO RETRIEVE SOME PERSONAL ITEM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 12
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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