OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221693393

MURPHY GRAIN LLC

DUDLEY, MO— 2024-08-14T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Auger, Auger Mechanism, Contact, Electric Shock, Electrical Wire, Electrical Work, Electrocuted, Energized, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Glove, Grain, Grain Bin, Insufficient Supervision, Lack of Work Procedures, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Maintenance, Metal Wire, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Protective Clothing, Repair, Shock, Truck Driver, Weather, Work Surface
NAICS: 493130
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347694507
Employer profile: MURPHY GRAIN LLC
Summary number: 221693393
Report ID: 0729300

Event description

Employee dies when electrocuted stripping auger motor wires

Investigation abstract

At 3:45 p.m. on August 14, 2024, an employee working as a farm worker for a grain supplier had just pulled the company truck up to the grain bin silo area. The employee then grabbed a set of wire strippers. The day before, the employee had picked up a group of wires that had been removed from the old auger motor the day prior to the incident. The employee was attempting to strip the insulation off the wires. The wires were still under a 480-volt, 3-phase load at the time. The employee was electrocution and died as a result.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 53 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
479

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