Truck Driver Suffocates in Sawdust Bin in Pennsylvania: FACE 86-19

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Description:
  A 22 year old self employed truck driver had an agreement with a local sawmill to remove sawdust from the facility on a regular basis. On the day of the accident, he drove his truck underneath the auger that dispensed the sawdust. This auger was mounted 5 feet above ground level on the side of the sawdust bin. When the driver turned the auger on, very little sawdust came out. After turning off the auger, the victim entered the sawdust bin from a height of 22 feet with a pole which he frequently used to knock the sawdust from the walls and into the auger path. He did not attach a safety line even though one was provided at the entry to the bin. He was working in the bin when the sawdust under him gave way and he was buried. Two hours passed before the accident was noticed. His death was considered to be due to asphyxiation. Recommendations arising from this accident include: all safety equipment provided at a worksite should be used
  
  a standby person must be used when working in a confined space containing unstable material
  
  installation of an electrical interlock system in the facility should be explored
  
  and facilities whose operations include entrance to a confined space should develop comprehensive policies and procedures for entry and emergencies.
• Content Notes:
  Publication date provided by the authoring office. There is no publication date indicated on the resource.
• Subjects:
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Confined Spaces
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Forestry
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
  • Truck Drivers
• Keywords:
  • NIOSH-Publication
  • OSHA Region 3
  • FACE-86-19
  • Safety-practices
  • Confined-spaces
  • Sawmill-workers
  • Truck-drivers
  • Lumber-industry-workers
• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  All ; Confined Space
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  NIOSH (In-House)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHFACE8619
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Pennsylvania ; OSHA Region 3
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DSR - Division of Safety Research
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• Volume:
  1986
• Issue:
  19
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:00170041
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB87-222147
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 86-19, 1986 Mar ; :1-5
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1986
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  48-49 - Transportation and Warehousing - (NAICS 2022)
• Start Date:
  1986/02/21
• Resource Number:
  FACE 86-19
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/164489/cdc_164489_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 259.97 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:6791b78e25a32095a0edcf176c2f1615328c61e49259cfd4caeee45e661449979db69d59f36997949d654da1af41f6ae7bc94c890c92f03238425f81615816e3