OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #851360
KAYTEE PRODUCTS INCORPORATED
CHILTON, WI·
Event description
One employee killed, one injured in bin of wood elevator
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:15 a.m. on August 18, 1988, Employees #1 and #2 were assigned the sound of short material flow, he climbed to the top of the bin. He could se e Employee #1's hands above the material, so he climbed into the bin. He could n ot pull or dig Employee #1 out, so he climbed out of the bin to get help. Employ ee #1 was killed. Employee #2 suffered from exhaustion from all the climbing and rescue work and was hospitalized for observation. to clean out and sanitize a wob bin (a bin containing scrap from screened seed) in a wood elevator. When the material stopped flowing, the two employees went t o the top of the bin, lowered a light into the bin, and noted that product was s till in the bottom. A rope boom and air hose was dropped into the bin and Employ ee #1 climbed down nailed slats (rungs) spaced over 2 feet apart. He remained in the bin, holding the rope with one hand while standing and pushing the air hose into the material. Employee #2 went down the ladder to try to free the material from below by pushing into the flange, After Employee #2 heard an air noise and
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 873
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 7
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 42
- Occupation code
- 873
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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