OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001759
ASPHYXIATED,COLLAPSE,GRAIN,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,RUPTURE,FLOWING MATERIAL,BURIED,SILO
Event description
Employee killed when buried in grain
Investigation abstract
A stave-constructed concrete grain silo ruptured and collapsed, causing 23,000 b ushels of grain to spill and bury Employee #1. He died of asphyxia.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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