Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14442362 - Employee collapses in feed storage structure and later dies

Accident Summary Nr: 14442362 -- Report ID: 0355122 -- Event Date: 09/07/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
105679724	10/05/1989	1542	0	Virginia Harvestore Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was repairing a forage unloader inside a feed storage structure when he collapsed. He was removed from the structure and taken to the hospital, where he died one week later. The cause of death was listed as lack of oxygen to the brain and multiple organ failure. The direct cause of the hypoxic event remains undetermined.

Keywords: OXYGEN DEFICIENCY, MAINTENANCE, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, ASPHYXIATED, REPAIR, CONSTRUCTION, GRAIN BIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105679724			Fatality	Asphyxia	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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