OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221354483
AGLAND COOPERATIVE
WOLF POINT, MT·
Event description
Employee is killed when engulfed in fertilizer
Investigation abstract
At 8:45 p.m. on May 7, 2021, an employee and his coworkers were unloading a fertilizer car when the Urea got stuck. They were using a compressor driven vibrator on each side of the car as well as having employees hit the outside of the car with hammers. The employee and a coworker got up on the car to open the hatch and see if they could dislodge the clumped materials. The employee entered the car to poke the material with rebar when the material dislodged and engulfed him. The employee died of asphyxiation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Event type
- 8
- Occupation code
- 889
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