OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14413017
PEAVEY GRAIN CO.
HEREFORD, TX·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- OTHBODYSYS (31)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- OTHER (43)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- POSITION INAPROPRIATE FOR TASK (10)
- Environmental factor
- WORK-SURFACE/FACIL-LAYOUT COND (13)
- Task assigned
- Task not regularly assigned (2)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.