OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221385149

KIBBLE EQUIPMENT

OSAGE, IA· 2021-08-19T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Air Pressure, Amputated, Amputation, Axle, Catch Point, Crushed, Falling Object, Farm Machinery, Foot, Hand Tool, Hoist, Hoisting Mechanism, Installing, Instantaneous amputation, Insufficient Supervision, Jack, Leg, Maintenance, Malfunction, Material Handling, Mech Malfunction, Mechanic, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Pneumatic, Pneumatic Lift, Pneumatic equipment, Pneumatic system, Shear, Sheared, Traumatic Amputation, Unsafe Position, Unstable Load, Work Surface, Wrench, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 444210
Inspection type: Referral
Activity number: #345496939
Employer profile: KIBBLE EQUIPMENT
Summary number: 221385149
Report ID: 0751910

Event description

Employee amputates lower leg under equipment when jack fails

Investigation abstract

At 8:45 a.m. on August 19, 2021, an employee working as a farm equipment mechanic for an equipment supplier was holding a wrench on a bolt/nut. The employee was assisting a coworker installing an axle extension on a new combine. The coworker was using a torque wrench on the bolt/nut when the air jack failed and the axle housing extension fell onto the employee's lower left leg. The employee sustained an amputation to his lower leg. The employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 28 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
517

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