Accident Report Detail
Accident: 78387.015 - Employee Caught In Bale Elevator And Is Killed
Accident: 78387.015 -- Report ID: 0552652 -- Event Date: 07/21/2015 | |||||||
Inspection | Open Date | SIC | Establishment Name | ||||
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1080700.015 | 07/27/2015 | Hochstetler Farm | |||||
At 4:00 p.m. on July 21, 2015, Employee #1 was tossing bales of straw off of a t railer onto a bale elevator. Employee#1 overthrew a bale and saw that it was not aligned properly on the elevator. The employee jumped off of the trailer that contained the straw bales and walked around to the opposite side of the bale ele vator. Her dress became caught in the chain and sprocket and eventually the PTO shaft, causing massive trauma to her head, neck and limbs, killing her at the si te. | |||||||
Keywords:
agriculture machinery/vehicle, baler, caught in, chain, elevator, head, neck, shaft, sprocket, trailer
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Employee # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |
1 | 1080700.015 | 14 | F | Fatality | Farm workers | ||
2 | 1080700.015 | 14 | F | Fatality |