OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #885566
FRACTURE,WORK RULES,CAUGHT BY,DUMP TRUCK,NECK,ENTANGLED,POWER TAKE-OFF
Event description
Employee dies of broken neck when hair is caught in PTO
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, the owner/operator of a dump truck, got out of a dump truck and cra wled under it to disengage the power take-off (PTO) from the cable. The drive li ne of the PTO caught Employee #1's hair and clothes, which became entangled in i t, breaking her neck. Employee #1 died.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 F
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 12
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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