OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14379291

TWOMEY CO.

SMITHSHIRE, IL· 1988-07-13T00:00:00

Event: HEAD, ASPHYXIATED, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CORN, FLOWING MATERIAL, BURIED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #100135912
Employer profile: TWOMEY CO.
Summary number: 14379291
Report ID: 524500

Event description

Employee dies when asphyxiated in corn

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 and two coworkers were transferring corn from storage building #12 t o a grain truck. Employee #1 and one coworker were inside the 30 ft high flat st orage building standing on top of about 10 ft of corn while the other coworker w as on the ground operating a Vac-U-Vator vacuum machine, model #1061, manufactur ed by Dumbar Kapple Co. When Employee #1 tried to pull the 6 in. hose out of the corn to move it, he was sucked down into the corn. His head was covered and he was asphyxiated and died.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 17 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
9

Event type
14

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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