OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14212591
TUNNEL,ASPHYXIATED,SHOVEL
Event description
Cave-In
Investigation abstract
On March 19, 1987, Employee #1 was shoveling ice into a floor anyer at a grain f acility. The ice bank was ten to twelve feet high. Employee #1 had tunneled into the ice and then got up into the tunnel. The ice then caved in on top of him. H e was crushed and died of asphyxiation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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