OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #170228555
ASPHYXIATED,GRAIN,CORN,PLANK,CONVEYOR,SPILL,BURIED
Event description
employee Killed in Grain Engulfment
Investigation abstract
On December 11, 1989, an employee, employed by a trucking company assigned to mo ve grain from a storage dome to a conveyor intake, access the grain in the dome. The grain was gained by running planks from a framed opening. As they were remo ving a plank, the center support holding the rest of the planks in place gave wa y causing the bulk corn to spill out, trapping the employee against a lift truck and burring by the corn causing asphyxiation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 4 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 17
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 2
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