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### Inspection Detail

**Case Status: CLOSED**

#### **Inspection: 1510346.015 - Hueber L.L.C.**

**Inspection Information - Office: Naperville**

 

**Inspection Nr**

**Report ID**

**Date Opened**

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**Site Address**: 			   Hueber L.L.C.			   1138 Backbone Rd.Tampico, IL 61283

**Mailing Address**: 			   110 South Main Street P.O. Box 85, Creston, IL 60113

**Union Status**: NonUnion

**SIC**:

**NAICS**: 424510/Grain and Field Bean Merchant Wholesalers

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**Inspection Type**: Fat/Cat

**Scope**: Partial

**Advanced Notice**: N

**Ownership**: Private

**Safety/Health**: Safety

**Close Conference**: 01/15/2021

**Emphasis**:

**Case Closed**: 08/30/2021

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**Case Status: CLOSED**

#### **Investigation Summary**

**Investigation Nr**

**Event**

At 6:45 p.m. on January 14, 2021, an employee was standing at a tractor-trailer's operating an overhead feed auger. Coworker #1 was standing about 5 - 10 feet south of the employee in between the barn and the trailer. The auger was raised and rotated over the barn towards the northeast rooftop saddle at the trailer's rear end. Coworker #1 walked towards the driver door watching the auger as it was lowering. At that time a sudden flash and sparking occurred when the auger's tip contacted the southern 7,800 volt power line. The employee was electrocuted and fell to the ground killing him. Coworker #1 approached the employee whose left hand was had been amputated. Coworker #1 attempted to extract the employee while avoiding contact with the truck. Once Coworker #1 made contact with the body, an electric shock knocked him down to the ground. Coworker #1 observed the trailer was on fire and stood up, stepped away disoriented and touched the grain wagon which was energized receiving another electric shock. At that point, Coworker #1 left to try to find help as he heard a distinctive noise when the truck tires blew. Coworker #1 sat down and watched as the power went out. At that point, the decided to enter the truck's cab to retrieve his phone and wallets. He called Coworker #2 to inform him about the accident because he knew that a bystander had already called 911. While on the call, Coworker #1 attempted to unhook truck from the trailer. He turned off truck's motor, disconnected airlines, and attempted to restart it, but could not. Coworker #1 went back to the employee, picked him up and carried him inside the barn where CPR was performed by a bystander. EMS arrived and attended to the employee prior to removing him for transport by ambulance. When EMS arrived, the rear end of the trailer was still on fire and could not be extinguished until the power line was deenergized, which was performed by the power company around

**Keywords:**agriculture, amputated, amputation, auger, auger mechanism, barn, burn, cpr, contact, electric arc, electric shock, electrocuted, energized, fire, fire brigade/department, overhead power line, power lines, shock, spark
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