Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14402507 - Employee suffocates when engulfed by cottonseed

Accident Summary Nr: 14402507 -- Report ID: 0626000 -- Event Date: 10/27/1988
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
100307842	10/28/1988	2074	0	Rio Grande Oil Mill

Abstract: Employee #1 was working in a seedhouse when the cottonseed bridged over. He went under the bridged-over cottonseed to try to get the grain to flow into the tunnel. Employee #1 collapsed the bridged-over material onto himself. He suffocated.

Keywords: SUFFOCATED, GRAIN, WORK RULES, BURIED, GRAIN DUST, GRAIN BIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100307842			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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