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Inspection: 120387782 - Farmers Cooperative Association

Inspection Information - Office: Minnesota Department Of Labor And Industry

 

Inspection Nr: 120387782
Report ID: 0552700
Date Opened: 07/19/1993

Site Address:
Farmers Cooperative Association
P.O. Box 270
Trimont, MN 56176

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:5153

NAICS: 0 

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/22/1993

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/21/1994

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 360241483
Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 7 2 9
Current Violations 7 2 9
Initial Penalty $12,508 $0 $0 $232 $0 $12,740
Current Penalty $6,903 $0 $0 $104 $0 $7,007
FTA Penalty $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Violation Items
# Citation ID Citaton Type Standard Cited Issuance Date Abatement Due Date Current Penalty Initial Penalty FTA Penalty Contest Latest Event Note
1. 01001 Serious 5205005004 10/05/1993 10/08/1993 $153 $341 $0 10/20/1993 F - Formal Settlement  
2. 01002 Serious 19100219 D01 10/05/1993 10/08/1993 $153 $341 $0 10/20/1993 F - Formal Settlement  
3. 01003 Serious 19100219 F03 10/05/1993 10/08/1993 $153 $341 $0 10/20/1993 F - Formal Settlement  
4. 01004 Serious 19100272 E02 10/05/1993 10/08/1993 $3,027 $5,037 $0 10/20/1993 F - Formal Settlement  
5. 01005 Serious 19100272 G01 II 10/05/1993 10/08/1993 $3,027 $5,580 $0 10/20/1993 F - Formal Settlement  
6. 01006 Serious 19100307 B 10/05/1993 10/08/1993 $181 $403 $0 10/20/1993 F - Formal Settlement  
7. 01007 Serious 19100332 B01 10/05/1993 10/08/1993 $209 $465 $0 10/20/1993 F - Formal Settlement  
8. 02001 Other 5206070001 10/05/1993 10/08/1993 $104 $232 $0 10/20/1993 F - Formal Settlement  
9. 02002 Other 19100305 G01 III 10/05/1993 10/08/1993 $0 $0 $0 10/20/1993 F - Formal Settlement  

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 813014
Event: 07/19/1993
Employee suffocates inside soybean silo

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

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