Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14528301 - EMPLOYEE SUFFOCATED IN GRAIN HANDLING FACILTIY

Accident Summary Nr: 14528301 -- Report ID: 0419400 -- Event Date: 10/27/1989
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
106309255	10/31/1989	4221	0	Farmers Grain Terminal Inc.

Abstract: At 1:05 p.m. on October 27, 1989, Employee #1 was working in a sorting and storage facility at a grain terminal. Employee #1 was breaking up corn screen bridges and cakes with a steel pipe to allow the free flow of grain. Employee #1 was accessing the area through a porthole in the side of grain storage and sorting area. Employee #1 crawled into the opening up to his waste. The corn screenings caved-in, fatally suffocating the employee.

Keywords: SUFFOCATED, GRAIN, STRUCK BY, GRAIN ELEVATOR

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106309255			Fatality	Other	Graders and sorters, agricultural products

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