OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #980599
ASPHYXIATED,CORN,BURIED,GRAIN BIN
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED OF ASPHYXIA WHEN COVERED WITH CORN
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:00 p.m. on March 7, 1990, Employee #1 from the Snipe Mobile F eed Company, located on the rural Route Number Five near Rochester, Indiana, suf fered fatal injuries. The accident happened when the Grain Bin Number 2 buried E mployee #1 while he was attempting to free crusted corn on the sides. At the tim e of accident, Employee #1 was standing on the floor under the crusted corn, usi ng a rod to free it. Employee #1 died of asphyxia.
Victim
-
#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 20
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
Codes shown verbatim from OSHA's accident-investigation database. A human-readable decoder is coming in a future release once the accident_lookup2 dictionary is loaded.