Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200528487 - Employee Suffocated in Confined Space Engulfment

Accident Summary Nr: 200528487 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 03/10/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
115098352	03/11/2004	4221	493130	Winneshiek Co-Operative Assoc.

Abstract: An employee entered a bin of soybeans in order to break up the pods of beans that were jamming. While he was in the bin, the beans began to flow. The employee was engulfed in the beans and he suffocated. The equipment to remove the beans from the bin was in operation at the time. The employee had not used any lockout/tagout procedures nor was he wearing a harness or lifeline.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, CONFINED SPACE, SUFFOCATED, LOCKOUT, WORK SURFACE

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115098352			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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