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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14424980

SUFFOCATED,COAL SILO,ETHANOL,INTOXICATED,FALL

Event
SUFFOCATED,COAL SILO,ETHANOL,INTOXICATED,FALL
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14424980
Report ID
729300

Event description

Intoxicated employee suffocates after falling into coal bin

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, experiencing an acute ethanol intoxication in combination with a na rcotic drug, fell into a coal bin and died of suffocation.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    28
    Event type
    12
    Source
    13
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    7
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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