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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001759

ASPHYXIATED,COLLAPSE,GRAIN,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,RUPTURE,FLOWING MATERIAL,BURIED,SILO

Event
ASPHYXIATED,COLLAPSE,GRAIN,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,RUPTURE,FLOWING MATERIAL,BURIED,SILO
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
1001759
Report ID
751910

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

  1. #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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