OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #734434
SHULER FEED MILL
RIDGEVILLE, SC·
Event description
SUFFOCATED IN CORN BIN
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS KNOCKING CHUNKS OF CORN OFF THE INNER SURFACES OF A GRAIN BIN. H E EITHER PASSED OUT OR GOT CAUGHT IN AN AUGER FUNNEL AND WAS SUFFOCATED UNDER TH E CORN. THE BIN WAS 30 FEET HIGH AND 18 FEET IN DIAMETER. THERE WAS APPROXIMATEL Y 10 FEET OF CORN STORED IN THE BIN. AT CAPACITY, THE BIN HOLDS 12,000 BUSHELS O F CORN. THE ONLY BIN ENTRANCE IS AT THE TOP. A ROPE HAD BEEN PROVIDED FOR EMPLOY EE #1 TO USE AS A LIFELINE, BUT HE DID NOT USE IT. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED OF ASPHYXIAT ION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 49 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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