Auger-Related Fatalities---Iowa FACE Program
Jan. 1995--Jan. 1999

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
95IA00501	2-24-95	7699	617	919.0	Silo Worker

Summary Case Report: The 27-year-old victim was repairing the sweep auger of a silo bottom unloader, laying behind the auger shield on the silo floor. He shouted that he was clear of the auger and a partner turned it on to clean it out. Apparently, the victim reached over the auger to move a hanging trouble light and caught his sleeve on the auger, which severed his arm and shoulder causing extensive chest injury.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
95IA03901	10-26-95	191	561	925.8	Farm Laborer

Summary Case Report: A 26-year-old male part-time farmhand was helping two others move a conventional 30 ft. grain auger at a farmstead. He was cranking the auger down by hand when it contacted a high voltage power line and he was electrocuted. Entry marks were present on his right hand with exit marks on both feet. It occurred at 8:30 PM, so visibility was poor. Emergency crews arrived within 2 min. But efforts to revive him failed.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
95IA04701	10-20-95	191	561	919.0	Farm Laborer

Summary Case Report: A 65-year-old farm helper was working alone unloading corn out of a gravity flow grain wagon--was dumping through a floor grate into an auger system. Apparently due to wet and clumped grain, the auger must have clogged, for the victim removed the heavy metal grate. He must have slipped and got his right leg caught in the auger, which amputated his leg in the mid-thigh. The victim lost significant blood before being found. He was dead on arrival at the local hospital.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
97IA03901	06/11/97	115	551	919.0	farmer

Summary Case Report: 80 year old farmer was unloading spoiled corn from a conventional metal corn bin using bottom unloader. He was working alone. For an unknown reason he entered the bin while the auger was running and caught himself in the moving auger.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
97IA05801	07/31/97	191	551	919.0	farmer

Summary Case Report: 69 year old farmer was driving a tractor pulling a grain wagon. He was turning around in his farmyard positioning the wagon to fill it with grain from an auger next to a grain bin. The wagon caught and dragged the auger causing it to fall over. The auger hit another bin, then hit the farmer in the head, knocking him off the tractor. He was killed instantly from head injuries. No ROPS or cab were on the tractor.

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
97IA07601	10/20/97	5191	872	919.6	grain handler

Summary Case Report: 36-year-old worker at a farm seed company was inside a grain bin in process of emptying the bin of grain. The man's pant leg got caught in the auger, and it spun him around 6-7 times before it was shut off. Each time around the man's head hit the concrete wall or floor causing fatal head injuries. He was air-lifted to a regional hospital, but died later that day. 

FACE ID:	Date	SIC	SOC	E Code:	Occupation
98IA04301	7/27/98	5153	561	9133	farm laborer

Summary Case Report: 42 year old worker for a large farm was helping to unload grain from a bin filled with 8 feet of corn. A bottom auger was running. When grain stopped flowing, the victim and a co-worker went inside the bin and began probing the grain to break up a suspected grain clump or bridge. The grain caved in burying the victim. The other man barely pulled himself free and ran to shut off auger. Victim died of suffocation.