Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14419592 - Employee buried and suffocated by grain

Accident Summary Nr: 14419592 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 03/08/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
109321950	03/09/1993	5153	0	Bruning Grain & Feed

Abstract: Employee #1 was using a portable auger apparatus to run grain from a pile inside a building to a floor auger to be loaded outside. The portable auger apparently became clogged. While Employee #1 was dislodging the grain, the grain pile approximately 25 ft overhead collapsed onto him, suffocating him to death.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, SUFFOCATED, GRAIN, CLOGGED, AUGER, BRIDGED MATERIAL, BURIED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109321950			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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