Accident Report Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Accident: 14419592 - Employee Buried And Suffocated By Grain

**Accident: 14419592 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 03/08/1993**
Inspection	Open Date	SIC	Establishment Name
109321950	03/09/1993	5153	Bruning Grain & Feed

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	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	109321950			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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