OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14385504
ASPHYXIATED,FEED MILL,BURIED
Event description
EMPLOYEE BURIED IN FEED BIN IS ASPHYXIATED
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 went into a fuel storage area to kick free feed pellets that became bridged, and was buried 6 ft below the pellets and was asphyxiated.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 29 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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#982 Degree 0 Age 0
- Nature of injury
- 0
- Part of body
- 0
- Event type
- 0
- Source
- 0
- Occupation code
- 0
- Human factor
- 0
- Environmental factor
- 0
- Task assigned
- 0
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