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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14442362

OXYGEN DEFICIENCY,MAINTENANCE,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,ASPHYXIATED,REPAIR,CONSTRUCTION,GRAIN BIN

Event
OXYGEN DEFICIENCY,MAINTENANCE,UNCONSCIOUSNESS,ASPHYXIATED,REPAIR,CONSTRUCTION,GRAIN BIN
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14442362
Report ID
355122

Event description

Employee collapses in feed storage structure and later dies

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was repairing a forage unloader inside a feed storage structure when he collapsed. He was removed from the structure and taken to the hospital, wher e he died one week later. The cause of death was listed as lack of oxygen to the brain and multiple organ failure. The direct cause of the hypoxic event remains undetermined.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 34 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    29
    Event type
    12
    Source
    8
    Occupation code
    549
    Human factor
    19
    Environmental factor
    18
    Task assigned
    1

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