OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14384176
GROW MARK INC
PRAIRIE DU CHEIN, WI—
Event description
BURIED BY POTASH FROM DAMAGED STORAGE BIN
Investigation abstract
A LEAK OF MATERIALS DEVELOPED IN A FERTILIZER MIXING PLANT BETWEEN A RAW PRODUCT (POTASH) BIN AND THE ADJACENT FINISHED PRODUCT BIN. THE COMMON WALL WAS CONSTRU CTED OF 2" PLANKS LAID IN THE CHANNEL CREATED BY STRUCTURAL STEEL I-BEAM FLANGES . EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING IN THE RAISED BUCKET OF A FRONT END LOADER ATTEMPTING TO PLUG THE LEAK. THE PLANKING CAME OUT OF THE CHANNEL WHERE THE EMPLOYEE WAS W ORKING. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS BURIED BY THE POTASH. A SECOND EMPLOYEE, SEATED IN THE F RONT END LOADER, ESCAPED INJURY. HE WAS PROTECTED BY THE OVERHEAD GUARD WHICH SU PPORTED THE WALL PLANKS, KEEPING THE POTASH OFF HIM.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 44 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 11
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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