A worker died from suffocation after he was buried in a sawdust bin at a wood processing plant. He had backed a truck under the bin and was attempting to load sawdust. The auger was turning in the overhead bin but the sawdust was not falling into the truck. So the worker climbed the ladder to the top of the bin and attempted to break the sawdust free with a length of pipe. When this was unsuccessful, he entered the bin without putting on the available lifeline. As he stepped on the crusted surface of the sawdust, it collapsed. He fell […]
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