OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221671308

HAHN & PHILLIPS GREASE COMPANY, INC.

MARSHALL, MO· 2024-06-03T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Collapse, Confined Space, Engulfed, Entry Permit, Food processing, Gas, High Pressure, Hopper, Inhalation, Insufficient Supervision, Laborer, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Permit, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract, Trailer, Training, Unauthorized Entry, Unsafe Position, Unstable Load, Unstable Surface, Walking Surface, Work Surface, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 311613
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347526295
Employer profile: HAHN & PHILLIPS GREASE COMPANY, INC.
Summary number: 221671308
Report ID: 0728500

Event description

Employee dies due to asphyxia when engulfed in bloodmeal tra

Investigation abstract

At 4:30 p.m. on June 3, 2024, an employee working as a laborer for a meat rendering plant was unloading blood meal from a trailer (grain hopper type). The employee was working inside of a fully loaded trailer hopper to free hung up (stuck) blood meal during the offloading process. The employee was standing on the blood meal when it gave away causing the employee to be engulfed by the product. The employee died from asphyxiation.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 50 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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