Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14327894 - Employee dies of suffocation after fall into grain

Accident Summary Nr: 14327894 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 10/30/1987
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
630566	10/30/1987	5153	0	Louis Dreyfus Canada Ltd

Abstract: Employee #1 entered a scale bin in a grain elevator to clear a grain blockage by probing a distributor below the bin. When the distributor was rotated to another chute Employee #1 fell into the distributor. He suffocated in the fine, powdery grain and died.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, SUFFOCATED, GRAIN, WORK RULES, CLOGGED, FLOWING MATERIAL, FALL, GRAIN ELEVATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	630566			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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