Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170080402 - Employee dies of asphyxia when buried in grain

Accident Summary Nr: 170080402 -- Report ID: 0625700 -- Event Date: 03/19/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
301989547	03/23/1998	5153	0	Tubbs Rice Dryer, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was unclogging the floor grates of a grain bin to enable the grain to flow freely onto the conveyor. As he unstopped a flow gate, he sank into the grain as it were quicksand, Employee #1 was completely engulfed and died of asphyxia,. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, LIFELINE, GRAIN, WORK RULES, CLOGGED, FLOWING MATERIAL, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BURIED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301989547			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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