A laborer was pushing hardwood chips along on a conveyor toward the digester in a paper mill. Working alone within the chip bin, he was using a pole 12 feet (3.7 meters) in length to increase the flow of chips. A co-worker came to check on the operation and found the pile of chips in the bin had fallen and completely covered the laborer. The victim was taken by ambulance to a hospital where he died three days later from the effects of lack of oxygen when he was buried. Doing a job such as this alone and without the correct safety […]