OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14569370
AMPUTATED,CONFINED SPACE,SCREW CONVEYOR,GRAIN,SAFETY BELT,FLOWING MATERIAL,LANYARD,BURIED,GRAIN BIN,LEG
Event description
LEG AMPUTATED BY SCREW AUGER, BURIED BY FLOWING GRAIN
Investigation abstract
ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1984, AT 1:55 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 DIED AFTER HIS RIGHT LEG BECAME C ET SOMEONE TO TURN OFF THE AUGER, AS HE DIDN'T KNOW HOW HIMSELF. HE ONLY SPOKE S PANISH AND HAD A DIFFICULT TIME EXPLAINING WHAT WAS WRONG. BY THE TIME THE ANGER WAS TURNED OFF, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BURIED UNDER THE GRAIN. AT 7:50 PM, AFTER SEVER AL HOURS OF GRAIN REMOVAL, HIS BODY WAS UNCOVERED AND REMOVED. THE DEPUTY SHERIF F AND MEDICAL EXAMINER WERE PRESENT. AUGHT IN A SCREW AUGER AT THE BOTTOM OF A STEEL GRAIN STORAGE TANK. THE TANK (BI N) IS LOCATED AT THE EASTERN OREGON FARMING CO. IN IRRIGON. HE AND HIS BROTHER W ERE SHOVELING GRAIN INSIDE THE TAPERED BOTTOM OF THE #1 MILL TANK. 80% OF THE TA NK IS EMPTIED BY GRAVITY. THE LAST 20% (10 FEET) OF GRAIN IS EMPTIED THROUGH THE PERMANENTLY FIXED AUGER. THE AUGER IS COVERED EXCEPT FOR AN 8" BY 10" OPENING A T THE SLOPED BOTTOM OF THE TANK. NEITHER EMPLOYEE #1 OR HIS BROTHER WERE WEARING A SAFETY BELT OR LINE. EMPLOYEE #1 CROSSED OVER THE GRAIN AND BECAME CAUGHT IN THE AUGER OPENING. HIS BROTHER COULD NOT GET HIM OUT. HIS BROTHER THEN WENT TO G
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 3
- Task assigned
- 1
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