OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #689950
TRI-LINE FARMERS COOP
BOYD, MN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK IN BACK BY PORTABLE GRAIN AUGER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A TRACTOR, ATTEMPTING TO REPOSITION A 57 FOOT LONG PORTABL E GRAIN AUGER ON UNEVEN GROUND. BOTH AUGER AND TRACTOR WERE EQUIPPED WITH STRAIG HT HITCH MEMBERS. THE EMPLOYEE SECURED THE HITCH WITH A PIN AND NAIL, THEN WRAPP ED A CHAIN AROUND THE ENTIRE ASSEMBLY. HOWEVER, THE HITCH FAILED TO REMAIN SECUR E. THE AUGER CAME UNHITCHED, UPENDED, THEN RECOILED AND STRUCK EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS SEATED ON THE TRACTOR. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFERED TWO CRUSHED VERTEBRA. IT IS POSS IBLE THAT HE MAY SUFFER SOME PERMANENT PARALYSIS TO HIS LOWER EXTREMITIES (LEGS) .
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 34 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 863
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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