OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #943787
GRADY'S ELECTRIC COMPANY
DEEP RUN, NC·
Event description
Employee severely injured when struck by falling grain bin
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was wiring a motor on top of a grain dryer that was to operate an au ger. He had been working for 20 to 30 minutes when he heard a loud noise. He loo ked up and saw a grain bin falling. It appears that the bin fell straight down f or a second then fell back toward Employee #1. As he was trying to get off the d ryer, the bin struck Employee #1 in the head, knocked him unconscious, and pinne d his legs and left hand under its wreckage. A coworker kept the spilling beans from burying Employee #1's head until rescue workers arrived. Employee #1 was ho spitalized. His little and ring fingers were amputated and his right leg, which was severely injured, was operated on twice.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Nature of injury
- 1
- Part of body
- 12
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 8
- Occupation code
- 575
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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