Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 149945.015 - Employee is killed when clothing is caught, pulled into PTO

Accident Summary Nr: 149945.015 -- Report ID: 0355111 -- Event Date: 09/25/2022
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1624521.015	09/25/2022		111199	Flat Creek Farm - Sp

Abstract: At 10:30 a.m. on September 25, 2022, an employee who worked as a farmer was stepping over an unguarded power take-off (PTO) shaft when his clothing became caught. The employee became entangled in the machine incurring multiple injuries and was killed.

Keywords: Catch Point, Caught In, Clothing, Defective Equipment, Entangled, Farm, Farm Machinery, Machine Guarding, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Power Take-Off, Pulled In, Safety Device, Torso, Unguarded

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1624521.015	73	M	Fatality		Farmers, except horticultural

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