Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 82160.015 - Employee Is killed when buried in grain

Accident Summary Nr: 82160.015 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 12/29/2015
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1116402.015	12/30/2015		424510	Benton Grain Company, Llc.

Abstract: At 2:45 p.m. on December 29, 2015, an employee had been using a VacBoss 6068 power-take-off (PTO) driven vacuum to remove grain material from a large, flat storage building onsite. The worker entered the building to vacuum the grain when the grain collapsed and completely engulfed him. The employee was killed from asphyxiation.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Crushed, Grain, Grain Elevator

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1116402.015	56	M	Fatality		Laborers, except construction

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