Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 108944.015 - Employee is engulfed by corn grain and is asphyxiated

Accident Summary Nr: 108944.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 08/31/2018
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1344626.015	09/04/2018		493130	Five Star Cooperative

Abstract: At 7:34 a.m. on August 31, 2018, an employee was transferring corn from a steel bin to concrete silos and the employee entered the bin to unclog the plugged sumps. The employee was engulfed when the grain began entering the bin again and was asphyxiated.

Keywords: Agriculture, Asphyxiated, Buried, Silo

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1344626.015	56	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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