OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14413017
WORK RULES,BELT CONVEYOR,CLEANING,CORN,FLOWING MATERIAL,BURIED,INATTENTION
Event description
EMPLOYEE PULLED INTO CORN CHUTE AND KILLED
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 AND THREE OTHER EMPLOYEES WERE HIRED TO CLEAN IN THE CORN BARN. EMPL ERS; THEY WORKED FEVERISHLY FOR OVER TWO HOURS TRYING TO FREE EMPLOYEE #1 FROM T HE PULL OF THE CORN. SOMETIME AFTER THE THIRD HOUR, RESCUE PERSONNEL PRONOUNCED EMPLOYEE #1 DEAD. HIS BODY WAS RECOVERED 16 HOURS LATER. OYEE #1 AND THE OTHERS WERE INSTRUCTED BY THE LABOR LEADER TO SHOVEL CORN INTO T HE CHUTE. ALL FOUR EMPLOYEES WERE STANDING ON A CORN MOUNT APPROXIMATELY 12 FEET HIGH. CORN WAS BEING PULLED FROM BELOW BY A GRAVITY FEED ONTO A CONVEYOR BELT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING CLOSE TO THE AREA FROM WHICH THE CORN WAS BEING PULLED A ND WAS BEING PULLED HIMSELF. WHEN HE WAS ABOUT KNEE-DEEP, HE REALIZED THAT HE CO ULDN'T GET OUT AND ASKED FOR HELP. THE OTHER EMPLOYEES TRIED TO PULL HIM OUT AND COULDN'T, ON ACCOUNT OF THE DOWNWARD PULL. ONE EMPLOYEE WENT FOR HELP AND TO HA VE THE BELT SHUT OFF. OTHER EMPLOYEES CAME IN TO THE CORN BARN TO HELP THE RESCU
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 31
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 2
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