OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14402507

SUFFOCATED,GRAIN,WORK RULES,BURIED,GRAIN DUST,GRAIN BIN

1988-10-27T00:00:00

Event: SUFFOCATED,GRAIN,WORK RULES,BURIED,GRAIN DUST,GRAIN BIN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14402507
Report ID: 626000

Event description

Employee suffocates when engulfed by cottonseed

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working in a seedhouse when the cottonseed bridged over. He went under the bridged-over cottonseed to try to get the grain to flow into the tunn el. Employee #1 collapsed the bridged-over material onto himself. He suffocated.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 45 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
28

Event type
12

Source
43

Occupation code
999

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
6

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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