OTHER

Name: OTHER at Thiele Kaolin Company
Start: 07/15/2015

Fatal · 220151970012 · 07/15/2015 · Thiele Kaolin Company

Details

Degree of injury: FATALITY
Classification: OTHER
Accident type: NEC
Occupation: Warehouseman, Bagger, Palletizer/Stacker, Store keeper, Packager, Fabricator, Cleaning plant operator
Activity: Enter/work in bins, Silos
Injury source: OXYGEN DEFICIENT ATMOSPHR
Nature of injury: SUFFOC,SMOK INHILAT,DROWN
Body part: BODY SYSTEMS
Days lost: —
Mine experience: 0.46 years

Operator

Controller (parent): J Eric Tillirson
Operator: Thiele Kaolin Company
Mine: 0900337

Narrative

Contract employee entered rail car GATX 22394 at approximately 11:30 am, to wash out the rail car. At approximately 12:00, a Thiele employee went to check on him and observed him lying on the floor of the car. Emergency response was activated immediately. Employee was recovered from the rail car by EMS personnel and pronounced deceased.

Source

Authoritative: MSHA Open Government Data
Machine: JSON-LD · Markdown