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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221471030

104603 - CRYSTAL VALLEY COOPERATIVE

Event
Engulfed, Loading, Railroad Car, Soybeans
NAICS
424510
Inspection type
Federal Agency
Activity number
#346029531
Employer profile
104603 - CRYSTAL VALLEY COOPERATIVE
Summary number
221471030
Report ID
0552700

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

  1. #1 Fatality Age 36 M

    Event type
    14
    Occupation code
    999

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