A worker was feeding coal from a bunker into a rail car at a steam plant. The coal jammed in the bottom of the bunker. The worker then entered the rail car and used a pole to prod the coal free. When the coal began to move, it quickly buried him. He was found later by co-workers and died shortly after at a hospital. The power of flowing solid material is likely to be seriously underestimated by an untrained worker. Coal, grain, dirt and other moving solids can quickly engulf a victim, causing suffocation and massive crushing injuries. Get the training […]
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