Accident Report Detail
Accident: 565556 - Employee Dies After Fall Through Manway
Accident: 565556 -- Report ID: 0636900 -- Event Date: 11/28/1991 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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103372280 | 11/29/1991 | 2048 | Purina Mills, Inc. | ||||
Employee #1 was riding a manlift from the seventh to the second floor in a feed mill. He apparently mis-stepped when he attempted to exit on the second floor and fell through the manway. His body contacted the first floor guardrail and continued to the concrete floor in the basement, a total fall distance of 25 ft. Employee #1 died in the hospital about an hour later of asphyxiation from a crushed chest. | |||||||
Keywords:
chest, asphyxiated, guardrail, struck against, crushed, fall, elevator, elevator shaft
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 103372280 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Occupation not reported |