Accident Report Detail
Accident: 201493236 - Worker Is Struck And Killed By Falling Wind Machine Blade
Accident: 201493236 -- Report ID: 0950625 -- Event Date: 03/10/2010 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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312914237 | 03/10/2010 | 0171 | Etchegaray Farms, Llc | ||||
At 10:15 a.m. on March 10, 2010, Employee #1 was working for Etchegaray Farms, LLC. He was in a blueberry field, maintaining a wind machine, when the tower section of the machine started to shake violently. This shaking caused two of the machine's blades to fracture and fall. As Employee #1 tried to shut down the machine, one of the blades struck him in the head, killing him. | |||||||
Keywords:
fracture, head, maintenance, agriculture, vibrations, struck by, blade, falling object
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 312914237 | Fatality | Fracture | Machinery maintenance occupations |