Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 147565.015 - Employee is killed in fall while installing vents on bin

Accident Summary Nr: 147565.015 -- Report ID: 0728900 -- Event Date: 06/29/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1605938.015	07/05/2022		238290	M & D Verhage & Sons

Abstract: At 11:45 a.m. on June 29, 2022, an employee who worked as a Millwright was installing new vents on an existing grain bin. The bin eave height is 30 feet above the ground. The employee was working with coworker who was working on another part of the structure. The employee was not wearing a harness and only a rope tied around his waist for fall protection. The other employee heard a yell and then heard the employee strike the ground. There were no direct eyewitnesses to the fall. The employee fell off the top of the grain bin about 30 feet and died from multiple injuries.

Keywords: Abrasion, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Building, Construction, Contusion, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Grain Bin, Installing, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Millwright, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Rope, Work Surface

Accident Details
End Use		Project Type		Project Cost	Stories	Non-building Height	Fatality
Other building		Alteration or rehabilitation					X

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation	Construction
1	1605938.015	56	M	Fatality		Millwrights	Distance of Fall: 30 feet Worker Height Above Ground/Floor: 30 feet Cause: Installing equipment (HVAC and other) Fatality Cause:

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