OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #672154
HAMILTON TOWNSHIP VFD OF JACKSON COUNTY
CORTLAND, IN·
Event description
Employee dies of asphyxiation in grain bin
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 entered the top of a 80,000 bushel grain bin without safe grounds. T he shell corn collapsed, covering Employee #1. He died of asphyxiation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 416
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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