Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 827436 - Employee killed rescuing daughter in corn hopper

Accident Summary Nr: 827436 -- Report ID: 0751910 -- Event Date: 10/28/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
104259346	01/07/1991	5191	0	Paris & Sons, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was unloading a trailer full of corn on a Sunday afternoon, accompanied by his 5-year-old daughter. The daughter fell into the open top of the trailer and was being pulled down through the corn. He jumped into the corn to save her. He yelled at a coworker to open the hopper gates to dump the load faster. His daughter came through the hopper unharmed except for a few scratches. Employee #1 became caught inside the trailer and when he finally came through the hopper, he was unconscious. Attempts to revive him failed. Employee #1 had suffocated and died.

Keywords: UNCONSCIOUSNESS, SUFFOCATED, CORN, FLOWING MATERIAL, OFF LOADING, TRAILER, BURIED, HOPPER

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104259346			Fatality	Asphyxia	Managers and administrators, n.e.c

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