Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200332245 - Employee Is Asphyxiated When Engulfed in Grain Storage Bin

Accident Summary Nr: 200332245 -- Report ID: 0830300 -- Event Date: 12/22/2009
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
313900177	12/23/2009	5153	424510	South Dakota Wheat Growers Association

Abstract: On December 22, 2009, Employee #1 entered a grain storage bin to dislodge a sunflowers seed mound that had bridged in the bin. The sunflowers seeds broke loose and engulfing him, resulting in his death by asphyxiation.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, GRAIN BIN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313900177			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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