Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #828624

CONSOLIDATED CO-OP INC.

Event
STORAGE BIN, SUFFOCATED, CORN, FLOWING MATERIAL, BURIED
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#104216833
Employer profile
CONSOLIDATED CO-OP INC.
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. #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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