OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221475650

M & D VERHAGE & SONS

SHICKLEY, NE— 2022-06-29T00:00:00

Event: Abrasion, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Building, Construction, Contusion, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Engineering Controls, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Grain Bin, Installing, Laceration, Lack of Engineering Controls, Millwright, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Rope, Work Surface
NAICS: 238290
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346059389
Employer profile: M & D VERHAGE & SONS
Summary number: 221475650
Report ID: 0728900
Project type: B
Construction end-use: H

Event description

Employee is killed in fall while installing vents on bin

Investigation abstract

At 11:45 a.m. on June 29, 2022, an employee who worked as a Millwright was installing new vents on an existing grain bin. The bin eave height is 30 feet above the ground. The employee was working with coworker who was working on another part of the structure. The employee was not wearing a harness and only a rope tied around his waist for fall protection. The other employee heard a yell and then heard the employee strike the ground. There were no direct eyewitnesses to the fall. The employee fell off the top of the grain bin about 30 feet and died from multiple injuries.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Event type
5

Occupation code
544

Fall distance
30

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