Worker's Death Due to 'Egregious' Safety Violations Was 'Accident'

The Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that the death of an agricultural worker who was asphyxiated after being engulfed by grain, was an "accident" covered by the state's workers' compensation statutes, despite the willful and egregious nature of his employer's violation of safety regulations for grain bins. Case: Estate of Teague v. Crossroads Cooperative Association, No. S-12-702, 05/31/2013, published.Facts: Joseph James Teague worked for the Crossroads Cooperative Association. His supervisor asked him to go into a grain bin and shovel grain into the center of the bin's coni...