Inspection Detail

Inspection: 310829262 - E.C. Labor

Inspection Information - Office: Fresno District Office

Investigation Summary

On September 18, 2008, Employee #1 was trying to dislodge a piece of wood from the metal hopper of a Gandy Positive Displacement Metering System, a seed and fertilizer mixing spreader, Unit Number 6015. The equipment was hitched to a john Deere PAR 1725 tractor, Unit Number 6420. He cleared and removed all the seed and fertilizer from the hopper until the mixing blades and wood block were visible. The blades of the shaft metering wheel were still energized and the blades rotated when Employee #1 removed the piece of wood. His right index finger was caught in the pinch between the mixing blades and the bottom wall of the hopper. Employee #1 was hospitalized with two amputated fingers.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, FARM MACHINERY, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, STRUCK BY, NIP POINT