Fatality Narrative: Loader Operator Struck by Hopper Lid at Asphalt Batch Plant

Details

• Corporate Authors:
  Washington (State). Department of Labor and Industries
• Description:
  On February 23, 2004, a 500-pound hopper lid fell on a worker at an asphalt batch plant. The victim was doing maintenance work on an asphalt hopper unit, located on the top of a batch tower. The 40-year-old loader operator and another worker were performing routine maintenance work by changing screen decks on a hopper used to mix aggregate for paving material. Both workers had performed this task many times. To change the screen decks, the workers needed to access the screen head housing. They opened the 500-pound hinged lid with a chain come-a-long. When the lid was past its center of gravity, they let it rest on the housing and removed the come-a-long. The lid was left unsecured. The victim then attached the come-a-long to the first screen deck that was to be removed from the assembly frame. He started removing the screen deck, when the lid fell on him, pinning his upper body inside the chute. Co-workers attempted to rescue him, but emergency responders declared the victim dead at the scene. The coroner's office indicated that compression asphyxia was the cause of death. Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Accident Prevention
  • Accidental Falls
  • Accidents
  • Accidents, Occupational
  • Construction Industry
  • Construction Materials
  • Education
  • Hydrocarbons
  • Mortality
  • Occupational Health
  More +
• Keywords:
  • Workers
  • Work environment
  • Falling objects
  • Fall protection
  • Asphalt industry
  • Road surfacing
  • Construction
  • Construction equipment
  • Construction materials
  • Construction workers
  More +
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 10 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20051858
• Citation:
  Olympia, WA: Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, 71-30-2005, 2005 Jan; :1
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2005
• Performing Organization:
  Washington State Department of Labor and Industries
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Fatality narrative: loader operator struck by hopper lid at asphalt batch plant
• End Date:
  20260630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/228843/cdc_228843_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 34.13 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Program ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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