OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #828616
SUFFOCATED,GRAIN,WORK RULES,FLOWING MATERIAL,BURIED,GRAIN BIN
Event description
Employee suffocates to death in grain bin
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was in a grain bin unloading it with a vaculator. He was in the midd le of the bin, sucking the grain from underneath himself, creating a hole in the middle of the grain. The grain on the sides of the bin flowed in and trapped Em ployee #1 under the grain. He died of suffocation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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