Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 170247316 - Employee killed in tractor P.T.O. shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 170247316 -- Report ID: 1055350 -- Event Date: 06/14/1993
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111324497	06/14/1993	0175	0	Bozarth Fruit Farms

Abstract: Between 10:00 and 10:30 a.m. on June 14, 1993, Employee #1, a tractor operator, was filling a LV300 Bean spray tank connected to an M.F. 235 farm tractor. Apparently, Employee #1 became caught in the power take-off (P.T.O.) shaft that was turning the mixer in the spray tank. It seems likely that Employee #1 reached down with his right hand to remove some grass from the sprayer frame, which is positioned just below the P.T.O. shaft coupler at the front of the sprayer, when a protruding bolt caught his raincoat sleeve. Employee #1 was pulled into the turning shaft and killed.

Keywords: CLOTHING, AGRICULTURE, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY, SHAFT, BOLT, TRACTOR, POWER TAKE-OFF, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111324497			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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