Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 129470.015 - Employee is crushed in rotary milking parlour, dies later

Accident Summary Nr: 129470.015 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 09/10/2020
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1492580.015	09/14/2020		811310	U. S. Dairy Systems, Inc.

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on September 10, 2020, an employee was performing maintenance on a teat spray block under Waikato Rotary Milking Parlour in the milk barn basement. the employee had been taught to work on the equipment while it was energized and moving by management and senior technicians. The employee became caught in or between the drive wheel and the I-beam of the rotary deck. The employee sustained a fractured skull and was hospitalized. The employee died from his injuries three days later.

Keywords: Caught In, Crushed, Farm Machinery, Fracture, Lockout/Tagout, Skull

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1492580.015	24	M	Fatality		Farm equipment mechanics

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