OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14209084
THEODORE R FRAHM
ONTARIO, OR·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED WHEN ENTANGLED IN TRACTOR DRIVE SHAFT
Investigation abstract
At approximately 12:00 p.m. on November 20, 1985, Employee #1 was crushed after being entangled in the Power Takeoff unit of a John Deere 4010 farm tractor pull ing a feed wagon. Evidence indicates the Employee #1 leaned out the rear window of the tractor cab to adjust a lever controlling the flow of feed from the wagon . The employee fell from the window and his clothing became entangled in the Pow er Takeoff unit's drive shaft, crushing the victim.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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