OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14414395
CARGILL, INC.
HEARTWELL, NE·
Event description
Employee dies in 120 ft fall through ladderway
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 could not get a manlift to go up to the bin floor, the distributor f loor, or the head house floor. He climbed the ladder to the bin floor, checked t he bins, and then climbed up to the other floors checking the interlocks on the manlift. Returning to the bin floor he either stepped into the open trapdoor of the ladderway or fell through while trying to contact a coworker on the ground. He fell through the trapdoor 120 ft to the ground, striking his head on several landings on the ladderway. He was killed. No other employees were in the grain e levator at the time of the accident.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 25
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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