OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237549
SWAN LAKE GIN CO
SWAN LAKE, AR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE COVERED AND SUFFOCATED BY COTTON SEEDS AND DUST
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CONTROLLING THE FLOW AND LEVELING COTTON SEED IN THE BACK OF A 4 0 FOOT OPEN-BED TRAILER. HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS, STRIKING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AGAINST A LARGE "I" BEAM OR A HALF-INCH STEEL ROD. HE WAS RENDERED UNCONSC IOUS OR SEMICONSCIOUS BY THE BLOW. HE THEN FELL FORWARD, FACE DOWN, INTO THE COT TON SEED. THE COTTON SEED CONTINUED TO FLOW, EVENTUALLY COVERING AND SUFFOCATING HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Hazardous substance
- 0735
- Task assigned
- 1
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