OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14388813
THE METAMORA ELEVATOR CO.
METAMORA, OH·
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUFFUCATES DUE TO BURIAL IN GRAIN
Investigation abstract
An employee was working at a grain elevator where corn was being moved from stor age for shipment. The process uses a bottom drop which allows the corn to pass t hrough a drain at the bottom of the storage area and to fall onto a conveyor. Du ring the process, a large chunk blocked the drain and the employee climbed onto the pile to break up the chunk. When the clog broke, he was drawn down into, and buried under, the grain and suffocated.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 9135
- Task assigned
- 1
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