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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14424980

M. A. BELL

Event
SUFFOCATED, COAL SILO, ETHANOL, INTOXICATED, FALL
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#101515559
Employer profile
M. A. BELL
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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