OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14402648
DILLEY FEED & GRAIN INC.
DILLEY, TX·
Event description
Employee suffocates in grain storage bin
Investigation abstract
At about 2:00 p.m. on October 27, 1987, Employee #1 and a coworker were inside a round storage tank attempting to unplug an auger at the bottom of the tank. The y were using an approximately 10 ft long plastic pipe to push down through the 7 or 8 ft of corn to where the auger was running. As the corn started to flow rap idly, Employee #1 was pulled under. He died of suffocation; his coworker escaped without injury. Neither employee was wearing a safety harness or using a safety line.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 53 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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