Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 115885.015 - Employee incurs multiple injuries when caught in rotating PT

Accident Summary Nr: 115885.015 -- Report ID: 0522500 -- Event Date: 04/22/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1397629.015	04/30/2019		112120	Gill Dairy, Llc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on April 22, 2019, an employee was working as a laborer at a dairy farm. He was operating a tractor with a sand wagon connected. The sand wagon was powered by a power take-off (PTO) shaft from the tractor. The employee observed a leak on the controls of the sand wagon. He dismounted the tractor while it was running and the PTO was engaged. As he was trying to locate the source of the leak, his clothing became caught in the rotating PTO shaft between the tractor and sand wagon. He suffered severe contusions to his legs and a fracture to his thumb. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Caught By, Clothing, Contusion, Equipment Operator, Farm Machinery, Fracture, Leg, Lockout, Machine Guarding, Power Take-Off, Power Trans Appar, Rotating Shaft, Thumb, Tractor

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1397629.015	36	M	Hospitalized injury		Laborers, except construction

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