Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14503841

MIDWEST GRAIN PRODUCTS, INC.

Event
ROOF, FALL, WORK SURFACE
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#106026651
Employer profile
MIDWEST GRAIN PRODUCTS, INC.
Summary number
14503841
Report ID
729700

Event description

Employee killed in 21 ft fall through roof

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was on a tin roof, presumably sweeping material down a grain dust ac cess hole, when he went through the roof. He fell two stories (21 ft) to the gra ted floor and was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 35 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    42
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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