Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201482940 - Employee dies after being struck by tractor blades

Accident Summary Nr: 201482940 -- Report ID: 0950622 -- Event Date: 07/12/1999
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
125838847	07/15/1999	0762	0	Crow Land Ranch

Abstract: On July 19, 1999, Employee #1, a farm worker, was hitching a Maschio 7 foot mulcher implement to the back of a Ford Tractor 6600 Blue Power Special. Employee #1 was positioned between the back of the tractor and the front of the implement hooking the third arm of the three-point hitch. While Employee #1 directed a coworker, the tractor driver, to lift the hydraulics to line up the arm for placement of the last pin, the tractor PTO clicked. When this happened, the mulcher unit blades turned and struck the right leg of Employee #1, causing severe and traumatic injuries. Employee #1 was flown to Memorial Medical Center Trauma Unit, where he later died.

Keywords: ATTACHMENT HOOK, FARM MACHINERY, CAUGHT BY, DRIVER, TRACTOR, BLADE, POWER TAKE-OFF, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125838847			Fatality	Amputation	Farm workers

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