Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200529071 - Employee is asphyxiated when engulfed by corn silage

Accident Summary Nr: 200529071 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 09/29/2004
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
306685413	10/01/2004	0241	112120	Holstein Dairy, Llp

Abstract: On September 29, 2004, Employee #1 was working on a commercial dairy farm. He was using an end loader to load a truck with corn silage. The silage was being removed from an outside bunker. The silage pile ranged from 12 to 22 ft in height. During the removal operation, Employee #1 exited the end loader. The silage pile collapsed, engulfing him. Coworkers found him after 10 minutes of digging in the silage pile. Employee #1 had died from asphyxiation.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, FRONT END LOADER, COLLAPSE, CORN, SILO

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306685413			Fatality	Asphyxia	Farm workers

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