OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14454037
PENICK AND FORD LIMITED
CEDAR RAPIDS, IA·
Event description
Employee dies after falling from dryer
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and a coworker were using a vacuum with a wand and brush attachment to clean the top of a cornstarch dryer and the pipes above it. The 135 ft long b y 14 ft 3 in. wide dryer had several pipes, ducts, and beams where cornstarch du st collected, creating the potential for an explosion in the case of fire. Emplo yee #1 had started cleaning at the east end of the dryer and the coworker at the west end when Employee #1 fell 19 ft 4 1/2 in. off the dryer to the concrete fl oor. He sustained a lacerated aorta and died about 4 hours later.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 52 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 5
- Occupation code
- 453
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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