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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223630

SUFFOCATED,WORK RULES,CLEANING,SAFETY BELT,GRAIN ELEVATOR,BURIED,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
SUFFOCATED,WORK RULES,CLEANING,SAFETY BELT,GRAIN ELEVATOR,BURIED,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14223630
Report ID
551800

Event description

EMPLOYEE SUFFOCATED AFTER FALLING INTO STORED CORN

Investigation abstract

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on June 13, 1985, Employee #1 was cleaning grain bin number 3 of the elevator located at Rural Route 1, Reynolds, Indiana. He entered the grain bin through an inspection port 12 feet above ground level. A 0.5-inch manila rope, 25 feet long, was tied to a nearby grain dryer and placed in the b in as a safety line. The employee was not using a safety belt and lanyard that w as provided. Standing on the bin's floor, which sloped downward from the inspect ion port at a 45-degree angle, he was using an aluminum scoop shovel to free app roximately 2,000 bushels of corn that had jammed in the bin. He fell into the gr ain and suffocated. The safety policies of the company were not enforced.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 59 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    2
    Source
    14
    Occupation code
    889
    Human factor
    6
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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