OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503130
COLLINGWOOD GRAIN, INC.
PLAINS, KS·
Event description
BURIED IN FLOWING GRAIN
Investigation abstract
TWO EMPLOYEES ATTEMPTED TO CLEAR A JAMMED DISCHARGE PORT LOCATED AT THE BOTTOM O F A GRAIN STORAGE BIN. THE BIN CONTAINED APPROXIMATELY 2000 BUSHELS OF MILO. WHE N THEIR ATTEMPTS TO CLEAR THE PORT FROM OUTSIDE THE BIN FAILED, EMPLOYEE #1 ENTE RED THE BIN WHILE EMPLOYEE #2 WENT TO OBTAIN A LIFELINE. THE LIFELINE WAS TO BE USED BY EMPLOYEE #1 AS A COMBINATION SAFETY BELT, LANYARD AND LIFELINE. AS EMPLO YEE #2 WAS SECURING THE LIFELINE AROUND PART OF THE GRAIN ELEVATOR STRUCTURE, TH E DISCHARGE PORT SUDDENLY CLEARED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PULLED INTO THE FLOWING GRAIN AND BURIED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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