OKLAHOMA CITY – Federal workplace safety investigators found that a construction company’s failure to prevent the sudden start-up of a conveyor system contributed to an 18-year-old worker’s fatal injuries after he was pulled into a hot asphalt silo as he tried to remove debris from the conveyor in Oklahoma City on Nov. 2, 2021.

The worker, who had been on the job for only three months, fell 30 feet into an approximately 300-degree asphalt silo at an industrial site in the 6900 block of South Sunnylane Road, near Southeast 59th Street.

Crews had to drain the silo to get him out.

An OSHA investigation at TJ Campbell Construction Co. determined the conveyor system was not locked out/tagged out to avoid accidental startups.

OSHA issued willful citations for failing to develop and use procedures for controlling hazardous energy when servicing or cleaning the asphalt conveyor system, and not training workers adequately on requirements for controlling hazardous energy.

In addition to the willful citations, OSHA cited the company for the following:

TJ Campbell Construction Company faces proposed penalties totaling $370,347.

Based in Edmond, T.J. Campbell Construction, a subsidiary of DUIT Holdings Inc., is an asphalt and concrete paving contractor.

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