OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14223630
WHITE CO FARM BUREAU COOP ASSN INC
REYNOLDS, IN—
Event description
EMPLOYEE SUFFOCATED AFTER FALLING INTO STORED CORN
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:30 p.m. on June 13, 1985, Employee #1 was cleaning grain bin number 3 of the elevator located at Rural Route 1, Reynolds, Indiana. He entered the grain bin through an inspection port 12 feet above ground level. A 0.5-inch manila rope, 25 feet long, was tied to a nearby grain dryer and placed in the b in as a safety line. The employee was not using a safety belt and lanyard that w as provided. Standing on the bin's floor, which sloped downward from the inspect ion port at a 45-degree angle, he was using an aluminum scoop shovel to free app roximately 2,000 bushels of corn that had jammed in the bin. He fell into the gr ain and suffocated. The safety policies of the company were not enforced.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 59 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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