Accident Report Detail
Accident: 14327894 - Employee Dies Of Suffocation After Fall Into Grain
Accident: 14327894 -- Report ID: 0316100 -- Event Date: 10/30/1987 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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630566 | 10/30/1987 | 5153 | Louis Dreyfus Canada Ltd | ||||
Employee #1 entered a scale bin in a grain elevator to clear a grain blockage by probing a distributor below the bin. When the distributor was rotated to another chute Employee #1 fell into the distributor. He suffocated in the fine, powdery grain and died. | |||||||
Keywords:
maintenance, suffocated, grain, work rules, clogged, flowing material, fall, grain elevator
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 630566 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Occupation not reported |