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Accident Summary Nr: 14237549 - EMPLOYEE COVERED AND SUFFOCATED BY COTTON SEEDS AND DUST

Accident Summary Nr: 14237549 -- Report ID: 0627100 -- Event Date: 10/21/1985
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100288315	10/25/1985	0724	0	Swan Lake Gin Co

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CONTROLLING THE FLOW AND LEVELING COTTON SEED IN THE BACK OF A 40 FOOT OPEN-BED TRAILER. HE SLIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS, STRIKING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD AGAINST A LARGE "I" BEAM OR A HALF-INCH STEEL ROD. HE WAS RENDERED UNCONSCIOUS OR SEMICONSCIOUS BY THE BLOW. HE THEN FELL FORWARD, FACE DOWN, INTO THE COTTON SEED. THE COTTON SEED CONTINUED TO FLOW, EVENTUALLY COVERING AND SUFFOCATING HIM.

Keywords: HEAD, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, SUFFOCATED, SLIP, FLOWING MATERIAL, BURIED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100288315			Fatality	Asphyxia	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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