Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 157578.015 - Employee is killed when engulfed and asphyxiated by corn mas

Accident Summary Nr: 157578.015 -- Report ID: 0830500 -- Event Date: 02/27/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1653531.015	02/27/2023		484110	Jim Dickinson Trucking Llc

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on February 27, 2023, an employee working for a trucking company was loading hot corn mash into a semi-truck at a supplier site. The employee was standing on top of a tarp on his truck since the tarp had become ripped. The employee climbed underneath to cut the tarp when hot corn mash fell on top of him. The employee was engulfed in the corn mash and was asphyxiated and died onsite.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Cover, Defect, Defective, Driver, Engulfed, Ethanol, Falling Object, Grain, Lack of oxygen, Loading, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Struck By, Suffocated, Trailer Truck, Truck, Truck Driver

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury
1	1653531.015	69	M	Fatality

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