TranslateInspection Detail
Case Status: CLOSED |
Inspection Information - Office: South Carolina Priv | ||||
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| Nr: 1442699.015 | Report ID: 0454510 | Open Date: 11/05/2019 | ||
| 74287 - Southeastern Grain Company Llc | ||||
| 808 South Scurry Rdnull Lake City, SC 29560 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 5153/Grain and Field Beans | ||||
| NAICS: 424510/Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers | ||||
| Mailing: 808 South Scurry Rdnull, Lake City, SC 29560 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Fat/Cat | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 03/10/2020 | |
| Close Case: | 06/29/2021 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 1514994 | |||
Case Status: CLOSED |
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Current Violations | 7 | 7 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $24,800 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $24,800 |
| Current Penalty | $17,360 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $17,360 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
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| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 19100028 B01 I | 04/06/2020 | 05/12/2020 | $2,940 | $4,200 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 2. | 01002 | Serious | 19100028 B09 I | 04/06/2020 | 05/12/2020 | $1,750 | $2,500 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 3. | 01003 | Serious | 19100272 G01 III | 04/06/2020 | 05/12/2020 | $2,940 | $4,200 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 4. | 01004 | Serious | 19100272 G02 | 04/06/2020 | 04/10/2020 | $2,100 | $3,000 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 5. | 01005 | Serious | 19100272 G04 | 04/06/2020 | 05/12/2020 | $2,940 | $4,200 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 6. | 01006 | Serious | 19100272 G05 | 04/06/2020 | 05/12/2020 | $2,940 | $4,200 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 7. | 01007 | Serious | 19100272 D | 04/06/2020 | 05/12/2020 | $1,750 | $2,500 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 121530.015 | Event: 11/04/2019 | Employee Is Killed When Engulfed In Grain Load Out Bin | ||||
| At about 8:30 a.m. on November 4, 2019, an employee was working for a wholesaler of grain and field beans. He entered a load out grain silo bin approximately 9 meters (30 feet) above ground level. The loadout bin cylinder was 4.3 meters (14 feet) in diameter and 6 meters (20 feet) long. The bottom cone of the load out bin was 2.1 meters (7 feet) deep. It was filled with corn. It held 10.3 cubic me ters (291 bushels). The employee climbed up a ground silo's exterior fixed ladde r, a portable ladder, and up the load out bin's exterior fixed ladder to reach a top hatchway to enter the load out bin. The employee descended the interior fix ed ladder. He carried into the bin a piece of construction rebar, about 2.1 mete rs (7 feet) long, to poke clumped corn inside the bin. A few minutes later, the employee was no longer communicating to a coworker outside the bin by shouting o r striking the bin wall. The coworker entered the load out bin. He found the emp loyee engulfed inside the load out bin. The employee's legs were plugging the de livery chute at the bottom of the bin cone. The coworker's attempts to revive th e employee were unsuccessful. The employee had suffocated from the engulfment. T he Olanta Fire Department responded, and the response effort became a body recov ery effort involving other local fire department crews with specialized equipmen t. The outside confined space rescue team entered after a panel had been cut out in the bottom cone of the bin. The employee was removed from the load out bin a t about 2:43 p.m. He had been killed. | ||||||
| Keywords: agriculture, asphyxiated, confined space, emergency response, engulfed, grain, grain bin, grain elevator, silo, suffocated | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 1442699.015 | Fatality | Occupation not reported | |||