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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734376

STORAGE BIN,SUFFOCATED,FLOWING MATERIAL,BURIED

Event
STORAGE BIN,SUFFOCATED,FLOWING MATERIAL,BURIED
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
734376
Report ID
454510

Event description

SUFFOCATED WHEN BURIED BY COLLAPSING COTTON SEED

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 HAD COMPLETED HIS ASSIGNED DUTIES. FOR SOME REASON, AND AGAINST COMP ANY RULES, HE WENT INTO THE SEED HOUSE BY HIMSELF. HE HAD NO NEED TO GO THERE, A S FAR AS IS KNOWN. THE COTTON SEED COLLAPSED ONTO HIM, BURYING AND SUFFOCATING H IM.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 42 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    14
    Source
    43
    Occupation code
    889
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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