Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 163846.015 - Employee is killed via electrocution

Accident Summary Nr: 163846.015 -- Report ID: 0552700 -- Event Date: 09/27/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1718885.015	12/19/2023		111110	107064 - Covenant Farms Llp

Abstract: At 12:00 a.m. on September 27, 2023, an employee was pulling a 1396 Brent Unverferth Avalanche dual auger cart with a 8320R John Deere tractor. The extended auger on the cart came into contact with adjacent overhead power lines. The electricity passed through trailer safety chain to the ground below, causing corn stalks to start on fire. The employee exited the cab of the tractor to the ground below. When the employee went to retrieve the fire extinguisher from the rock box at the front of the tractor, he was electrocuted. The employee was killed.

Keywords: Auger, Electrocuted, Fire, Fire Extinguisher, Overhead Power Line, Tractor

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1718885.015	63	M	Fatality		Occupation not reported

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