OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14570048
DELAWARE FARMERS EXCHANGE INC
DELAWARE, OH·
Event description
BURIED AND SUFFOCATED IN GRAIN BIN
Investigation abstract
ON JANUARY 29, 1986, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BREAKING UP A "HOT SPOT" IN A STEEL STORAGE BIN FULL OF CORN. GRAIN WAS BEING EMPTIED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BIN AT THE SAM E TIME HE WAS WORKING ON THE CORN'S SURFACE. THE GRAIN UNDER HIS FEET FLOWED INW ARD AND PULLED HIM UNDER THE SURFACE. HE SUFFOCATED. HE HAD NO SAFETY BELT, WAS NOT TIED OFF, NOR WAS PROVIDED ANY OTHER TYPE OF PROTECTION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 19 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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