Atlanta Sand and Supply Co. · Contact with electrical current
Employee was working in a de-energized 4160 volt GFCI controller in an attempt to reverse the polarity of the wires when it somehow became energized.
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December 19, 2016
GA · Metal/Non-Metal
washer operator, sizing operator
Fatality · FALLING/SLIDING/ROLLING MATERIALS
Atlanta Sand and Supply Co Inc · Caught in, under or between collapsing material or buildings
Wash plant operator was operating a front-end loader during the overnight shift as normal. EE exited the loader and entered the hopper filled with sand the EE had just dumped. EE was fatally injured when they were engulfed in the sand, as it vibrated to the bottom of the hopper. EE may have entered the hopper to try to retrieve two pieces of metal inadvertently dumped into hopper.
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