Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 509836 - Employee's limbs amputated in rotating shaft

Accident Summary Nr: 509836 -- Report ID: 1032500 -- Event Date: 12/19/1995
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107243065	12/19/1995	0241	0	Harold Tracy Farm

Abstract: Employee #1 was pressing down on a posthole auger when his clothing became caught in the unguarded PTO shaft. Both his arms and his left leg were amputated. No safety violations were cited, due to the farm exemption placed on OSHA by the U.S. Congress.

Keywords: CLOTHING, AGRICULTURE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, AUGER, POWER TAKE-OFF, UNGUARDED

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107243065			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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