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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14212591

TUNNEL,ASPHYXIATED,SHOVEL

Event
TUNNEL,ASPHYXIATED,SHOVEL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14212591
Report ID
627100

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

  1. #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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