OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14524136

KEYNES BROTHERS, INC.

LOGAN, OH· 1987-03-10T00:00:00

Event: ASPHYXIATED, SUFFOCATED, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, FLOWING MATERIAL, AUGER, UNGUARDED
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #101124881
Employer profile: KEYNES BROTHERS, INC.
Summary number: 14524136
Report ID: 522500

Event description

EMPLOYEE ASPHYXIATED AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN SWEEP AUGER

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSIDE BUTLER BIN #2, WORKING ALONE, WHEN HE SOMEHOW BECAME CAUG HT IN AN OPEN PORTABLE SWEEP AUGER. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE, REALIZING THAT EMPLOYEE #1 MISSED HIS 1 AM BREAK, WENT TO CHECK ON HIM AT APPROXIMATELY 1:20 AM. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND CAUGHT IN AND WRAPPED UP BY THE SWEEP AUGER, FACE DOWN IN THE WHEAT . THE PRELIMINARY CAUSE OF DEATH WAS DETERMINED TO BE ASPHYXIATION.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 22 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
27

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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