OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14495741
MCNEIL GRAIN COMPANY, INC.
SEILING, OK·
Event description
STEPPED INTO OPERATING GRAIN AUGER; EMPLOYEE KILLED
Investigation abstract
AT ABOUT 1:30 PM ON MAY 19, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE CLEANING HERE HE DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. OLD WHEAT OUT OF A GRAIN BIN. THE 14 INCH FLOOR AUGER WAS TURNED ON AND 2 OF 5 FLOOR DOORS, MEASURING 18 INCHES BY 18 INCHES, WERE OPENED. AFTER WORKING INSIDE THE BIN FOR A WHILE, EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED WALKING TOWARD THE EXIT DOOR. HE ACCID ENTALLY STEPPED INTO THE AUGER HOLE NEAR THE EXIT DOOR. THE AUGER PULLED EMPLOYE E #1 IN UNTIL HIS LEGS BECAME AN OBSTRUCTION AND STOPPED THE AUGER MOTOR. THE OT HER EMPLOYEE SHUT OFF THE ELECTRIC POWER AND SUMMONED HELP. AFTER CONSIDERABLE E FFORT, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FREED FROM THE AUGER AND TAKEN TO THE CITY HOSPITAL. HE W AS LATER TRANSFERED TO THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TRAUMA CENTER IN OKLAHOMA CITY, W
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 4
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 17
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 2
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