OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #828624

STORAGE BIN,SUFFOCATED,CORN,FLOWING MATERIAL,BURIED

1988-10-28T00:00:00

Event: STORAGE BIN,SUFFOCATED,CORN,FLOWING MATERIAL,BURIED
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 828624
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee killed when buried in corn

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was sucking corn out of an outside storage container with a Vac-A-Va tor. He was buried in the grain, possibly when grain was sucked out from under h im. Employee #1 was killed. There were no witnesses.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 40 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
4

Event type
12

Source
43

Occupation code
889

Human factor
18

Environmental factor
18

Task assigned
1

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