Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 200920106 - Employee dies of asphyxia when grain silo wall collapses

Accident Summary Nr: 200920106 -- Report ID: 0355112 -- Event Date: 09/07/1998
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
300666708	09/09/1998	0191	0	Frank T. Williams Farm

Abstract: At approximately 8:30 a.m. on the day of the accident, Employee #1 was helping to load a truck with grain. He had been sent to to top of the approximately 50 ft tall silo to see if the grain was wet. After looking through a hatch located on the silo roof, he sat down to wait as the grain was loaded by conveyor into the truck. Without warning, the upper portion of the silo's side wall collapsed and Employee #1 fell off the roof. He became engulfed by the grain that piled up on the ground, and died of asphyxia.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, WALL, COLLAPSE, WORK RULES, FLOWING MATERIAL, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BURIED, GRAIN BIN, SILO

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300666708			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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