Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
105,991Records 71,450Employers 85,836Hospitalizations 27,959Amputations 2015-01-01 2025-11-30

OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1001759

DAVE TREIMER GRAIN & STORAGE

Event
ASPHYXIATED, COLLAPSE, GRAIN, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, RUPTURE, FLOWING MATERIAL, BURIED, SILO
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#101937035
Employer profile
DAVE TREIMER GRAIN & STORAGE
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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