Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14568174 - BURIED AND SUFFOCATED BY SOYBEAN HULLS

Accident Summary Nr: 14568174 -- Report ID: 0454510 -- Event Date: 04/15/1986
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
3218120	04/15/1986	2075	0	Continental Grain Co.

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE WORKING IN A 20 FOOT DIAMETER, 30 FOOT HIGH SOYBEAN STORAGE TANK. THEY WERE TRYING TO LOOSEN SOME BRIDGED SOYBEAN HULLS SO THAT THEY WOULD FALL ONTO THE UNLOADING AUGER. WHEN THE FOREMAN NOTICED THE TWO EMPLOYEES IN THE TANK, HE ORDERED THEM OUT. ONE WAS ABLE TO GET OUT, BUT THE HULLS CAVED IN BEFORE EMPLOYEE #1 COULD MAKE IT OUT. HE WAS BURIED AND SUFFOCATED. THE EMPLOYEES DID NOT FOLLOW COMPANY POLICY. THE POLICY PROHIBITS ENTRY INTO THE STORAGE TANK WHEN THE HULL LEVEL IS WAIST HIGH OR HIGHER.

Keywords: STORAGE BIN, SUFFOCATED, FLOWING MATERIAL, BRIDGED MATERIAL, BURIED, TIE-OFF

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	3218120			Fatality	Asphyxia	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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