Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201703733 - Employee's Leg Is Caught and Injured by Drive Shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 201703733 -- Report ID: 1054115 -- Event Date: 07/10/2013
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
317098135	07/11/2013	0191	111998	Pasco Farming Inc

Abstract: On July 10, 2013, Employee #1 was sitting on a 5-gallon bucket next to an irrigation ditch and close to an unguarded drive shaft. As he rested, Employee #1's rain suit was caught and wrapped around an unguarded shaft. The rotating shaft pulled his leg into the drive, wrapping his leg around the shaft and fracturing it. Employee #1 was transported to a medical center, where he was treated and hospitalized with a fracture leg.

Keywords: FRACTURE, DITCH, CAUGHT BY, SHAFT, UNGUARDED, LEG

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	317098135			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Farm workers

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