OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14554141
BLUE VALLEY COOPERATIVE
TAMORA, NE—
Event description
Two employees killed when grain elevator explodes
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on May 30, 1984, Employees #1 and #2 were unloading a semi-trailer truck of corn that had been delivered from another part of the com pany when a grain elevator exploded. The force of the explosion, along with larg e chunks of concrete and pieces of the truck, knocked Employees #1 and #2 back a gainst and under the trailer. They suffered multiple fractures and massive inter nal injuries, and died instantly.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 28 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 15
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 5
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 16
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 15
- Environmental factor
- 5
- Task assigned
- 1
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