Grain & Feed Forum - Rob Jacobs, Ocheydan Grain - Recent Safety Incidents

Cooperative Elevator AssnGrain Engulfment

Date- June 7th, 2011

Location- Ocheyedan East Grain Complex

Structure- 1.5 Million Bushel LeMar

Result- Death of Corey Wingate, Grain Manager, Husband and Father

Accident Overview

Timeline of accident Response OSHA Investigation Outcome

Crisis Response Implementation

Contact Family Employees Customers Compass Insurance- Workman’s Comp IOSHA- 8 hours Legal Media statement

Workman’s Comp

What to expect Accident review Was it negligence? Information needed Settlement

OSHA

Initial Contact- within 8 hours of accident Information needed on first call Initial on site investigation Site inspection Interviews Documentation of employee training Policy Handbooks House Keeping Records- 3 years Lock out- Tag out Records- 3 years Bin Entry- 3 years Emergency Action Plan Employee Listing

OSHA Investigation

June 8th Lead Investigator- DeWayne Heckman Initial Statement Site Visit Employee Interviews Paperwork gathered

OSHA Investigation

June 13th

Call from Dwayne Copy of letter from OSHA-January Feds are investigating

OSHA Investigation

June 16th DeWayne back to interview grain employees

again Asked about training and how they unloaded

LeMar Revisited Accident site I declined interview without legal counsel

OSHA Investigation

June 28th

Phone interview with DeWayne Listed 4 items needed Power point of training 2010 & 2011 Copy of grain handling training Copy of written employee reprimands Asked about lifelines and body harness

available

OSHA Ruling

2 Serious Citations No safety harness Lock out Tag out

Resources Used

Compass Ahrold Faye BARS Member Services Iowa Institute AAI National Feed and Grain Colleagues AGP- Marty Regan, Chuck Janakusky, Mike Maranell, Larry Stier McGrath North-Roger Miller and Jim Powers