OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221471030
104603 - CRYSTAL VALLEY COOPERATIVE
HOPE, MN—
Event description
Employee is killed from being engulfed by soybeans
Investigation abstract
At 12:00 a.m. on June 16, 2022, Employee #1 and a coworker were filling train cars with soybeans. Both employees entered the grain bin from the top entry door to investigate why the soybeans were not flowing through the bottom gates of the bin. While inside Employee #1 was engulfed by the soybeans and the coworker escaped by climbing a fixed ladder on the bin wall. Employee #1 was killed from being engulfed by soybeans.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 36 M
- Event type
- 14
- Occupation code
- 999
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