Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 813014 - Employee suffocates inside soybean silo

Accident Summary Nr: 813014 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 07/19/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
120387782	07/19/1993	5153	0	Farmers Cooperative Association

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on July 15, 1993, Employee #1 was standing on 8 feet of grain, inside a grain silo containing soybeans. Employee #1 was operating a Vac-U-Vator vaculator (model 1051, manufactured by Dunbar Kapple), a portable machine run off a tractor which sucks up grain similar to a vacuum cleaner. Employee #1 was not wearing a body harness or lifeline. He was sucked into the grain and suffocated.

Keywords: LIFELINE, SUFFOCATED, WORK RULES, FLOWING MATERIAL, SOYBEANS, BURIED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120387782			Fatality	Asphyxia	Laborers, except construction

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