Incident date: 2019-08-14
NAICS industry code: 424510

On August 14, 2019, a temporary employee was cleaning out a grain bin with a vacuum system. The employee was engulfed in the grain (which was about 5 feet deep) up to about chest height. He was hospitalized, suffering from breathing issues.

Hazard classification:
code_event: title: Engulfment in other collapsing material
code_source: title: Grains, cereals, grain mill products
code_nature: title: Other traumatic injuries and disorders, unspecified
code_body: title: Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
severity: moderate