Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170062830 - Employee crushed to death by corn packaging equipment

Accident Summary Nr: 170062830 -- Report ID: 0453710 -- Event Date: 07/17/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
18488759	07/22/1993	0161	0	Mcneill-Mcneill, Inc.

Abstract: Employee #1 was working as a migrant laborer, helping approximately 40 other migrants who were picking sweet corn in a 400 acre field. The corn is hand picked 16 rows at a time, thrown on a corn packer where it is packed into wooden cartons, and loaded on a 10 wheel trailer being pulled behind the packer. The operator of the packer felt the dual-tired left front wheel run over something and stopped the packer. He found Employee #1 lying face down under the wheel and not breathing. Employee #1 died of his injuries.

Keywords: WHEEL, VEHICLE, MIGRANT FARM WORKER, AGRICULTURE, WORK RULES, CRUSHED, RUN OVER, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18488759			Fatality	Asphyxia	Farm workers

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