OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221364433
SIOUX JERSEYS
SALIX, IA·
Event description
Employee is pinned between loader bucket and towed vacuum du
Investigation abstract
At 11:00 p.m. on June 13, 2021, Employee #1 was attaching a chain to the bucket treatment. of a John Deere pay loader (model L59 053 5000 00 001, serial 9609907) in preparation for retrieving a downed cow. He was positioned in front of the pay loader and behind a NUHN Industries industrial vacuum (model 0108, serial 13405), which was being towed by a John Deere tractor (model 613 M, identification number 1L06130MPHG881553). While he was attaching the chain, a coworker reversed the tractor, causing the vacuum to move backward and pin Employee #1's left shoulder and upper torso between the vacuum and the loader bucket. The employee sustained several fractures and was hospitalized for
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 50 M
- Event type
- 6
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