Incident date: 2017-04-14
NAICS industry code: 311119

An employee entered a corn silo to free up a jammed grain sweep when the corn he was standing on gave way, causing him to fall and strike the weights of the machine. He was hospitalized for possible fractured ribs and head trauma.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Fall to lower level, unspecified
code_source: title: Silo, grain bin interiors
code_nature: title: Intracranial injuries, unspecified
code_body: title: Brain
severity: moderate