Rancher Falls From Haystack in Wyoming

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• Corporate Authors:
  Wyoming Fatal Accident Circumstances and Epidemiology Project (Wyoming FACE) ; Wyoming Occupational Fatality Analysis Program
• Description:
  A 61 year old male died from injuries suffered when he fell from a haystack while working with a hay crew in a rural area. Co-workers attempted resuscitation procedures. When the ambulance arrived, attendants were told that the victim had suffered a heart attack while lifting a hay-bale. After arriving at the hospital, they found that the victim had fallen 10 to 12 feet from the top of a haystack, and that co-workers had picked him up and propped him against a hay bale to attempt resuscitation. He was found to have spinal and rib injuries, combined with anoxic encephalopathy and hypothermia. After admission to ICU and consultation with the family, the victim was taken off the respirator and survived several hours, expiring approximately 14 hours after the incident occurred. Employers may be able to minimize the potential for occurrence of this type of incident through the following precautions: 1. Discourage farm workers from accepting help with farm work from someone who has been drinking. 2. Provide CPR or, at a minimum, basic First Aid training to farm and ranch operators and employees.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
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• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Age Factors Agriculture Alcoholic Beverages Farmers Occupational Health Safety Safety Management Substance-Related Disorders Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Age-factors Agricultural-industry Agricultural-workers Alcoholic-beverages Drug-abuse Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 8 Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Substance-abuse Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Agriculture ; Falls
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE94WY002
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Wyoming ; OSHA Region 8
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  3 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20028797
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2014-105074
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 94WY002, 1994 Mar ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1994
• Performing Organization:
  Wyoming Department of Health
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1991/09/30
• End Date:
  1996/09/29
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:c633691447f700f5bb5bc49764c20151afce9e73518a8481006c76251d0ef94c5fede47b8e848b7531555458422e1d4f89a84dcee52e8789b5d6a2d8b2ccfb2e
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166396/cdc_166396_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 57.83 KB ]