OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14505168

CLOTHING,LOADING,AMPUTATED,WORK RULES,AUGER MECHANISM,CAUGHT BY,TRACTOR,POWER TAKE-OFF,UNGUARDED,LEG

1988-05-04T11:30:00

Event: CLOTHING,LOADING,AMPUTATED,WORK RULES,AUGER MECHANISM,CAUGHT BY,TRACTOR,POWER TAKE-OFF,UNGUARDED,LEG
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14505168
Report ID: 728500

Event description

EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN PANTS CAUGHT BY UNGUARDED PTO SHAFT

Investigation abstract

AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM ON MAY 4, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1, A GENERAL LABORER EMPLOYE D BY THE COMPANY FOR 14 YEARS, WAS USING THE POWER TAKE-OFF OF A MCCORMICK INTER NATIONAL FARMALL TRACTOR (MODEL M, SERIAL NUMBER FBK 2323555X1) TO OPERATE AN AU GER. THE AUGER WAS USED TO LOAD BEANS INTO A TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #1'S PANTS BECAME E NTANGLED BY THE POWER TAKE-OFF SHAFT, PULLING HIS LEGS INTO AND AROUND THE SHAFT AND AMPUTATING BOTH LEGS. THE EMPLOYEE DIED.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 48 M

Nature of injury
1

Part of body
16

Event type
2

Source
26

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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