Teenager died in ‘avoidable’ grain silo accident
A teenage worker died in an “entirely avoidable tragedy” involving a grain silo, according to the Health and Safety Executive.
Zach Dean Fox (19) was trying to clear a blockage in a grain bin in Hawick, Roxburghshire when the accident happened on August 1 2014.
Jedburgh Sheriff Court heard the fatal accident occurred at Seamore Farming’s Deanfoot farm, as a grain bin was being cleaned.
During the operation, the worker became immersed in the free-flowing grain and died as a result of asphyxiation.
Seamore Farming, of Deanfoot Farm, Denholm, Hawick was fined £45,000 after pleading guilty to breaching Section 3(1) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
