Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 202327763 - Employee asphyxiated while working in grain silo

Accident Summary Nr: 202327763 -- Report ID: 0420600 -- Event Date: 05/01/2002
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
305224487	05/02/2002	2048	0	Hillandale Farms Of Fla., Inc.

Abstract: On May 1, 2002, Employee #1, a feed mill laborer, was working inside a 42-foot high and 40-foot in diameter grain silo. The grain was being poured into silo while he was using a shovel to break up surface crust from the walls and dislodge caked corn from the 16-inch wide gravity- fed screw auger transfer unit, located beneath the floor of the silo. For some reason, Employee #1 became buried, chest high, in the flowing corn. He remained buried for four hours until rescue services freed him. Employee #1 died from asphyxiation.

Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, GRAIN, CORN, AUGER, BURIED, SILO

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305224487			Fatality	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction

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