OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221575780

JIM DICKINSON TRUCKING LLC

YUMA, CO— 2023-02-27T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Cover, Defect, Defective, Driver, Engulfed, Ethanol, Falling Object, Grain, Lack of oxygen, Loading, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Struck By, Suffocated, Trailer Truck, Truck, Truck Driver
NAICS: 484110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346535313
Employer profile: JIM DICKINSON TRUCKING LLC
Summary number: 221575780
Report ID: 0830500

Event description

Employee is killed when engulfed and asphyxiated by corn mas

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 a.m. on February 27, 2023, an employee working for a trucking company was loading hot corn mash into a semi-truck at a supplier site. The employee was standing on top of a tarp on his truck since the tarp had become ripped. The employee climbed underneath to cut the tarp when hot corn mash fell on top of him. The employee was engulfed in the corn mash and was asphyxiated and died onsite.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 69 M

Event type
1

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