OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221401581
DRY CREEK VINEYARD INC.
HEALDSBURG, CA·
Event description
Employee is found killed with head in confined space
Investigation abstract
At 2:00 p.m. on October 12, 2021, an employee was working on top of a fermentation tank (a confined space), preparing to install a spray nozzle and attach it via hose to the pump-over riser to begin a pump over. The employee opened the fermentation tank and was found laying on the platform with his upper body inside of the tank. The employee was killed due to a fatality hazardous atmosphere.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 61 M
- Event type
- 8
- Occupation code
- 873
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