A farm owner/operator in Colorado died of suffocation when his clothing became entangled in the machinery he was attempting to adjust.

McKenzie, Lyle E.

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE92CO025

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A farm owner/operator in Colorado died of suffocation when his clothing became entangled in the machinery he was attempting to adjust.

1992/10/28
By McKenzie, Lyle E.
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Personal Author:

McKenzie, Lyle E.
Corporate Authors:

Colorado Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Colorado FACE) ; Colorado. Department of Public Health and Environment

Colorado Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Colorado FACE) ; Colorado. Department of Public Health and Environment Less -
Description:

The 42-year-old farmer was fatally injured when he attempted to adjust the spacing on the cultivator he was using. The deceased had stopped the forward motion of the tractor but left the tractor run. He then raised the cultivator in order to adjust the hilling wings. The cultivator was equipped with a hydraulic powered weeder bar that functioned off of the tractors power take-off (PTO). As the deceased was exiting from under the cultivator his jacket caught on the connecting bolt of the rotating weeder bar and twisted to the point of strangulation. When coworkers found the deceased the county sheriff and coroner were notified. The deceased was pronounced dead at the scene. The Colorado Department of Health (CDH) investigator concluded that to prevent future similar occurrences, employers should: 1. Ensure that all power sources are shut off prior to making adjustments to machinery. 2. Develop, implement and enforce a comprehensive written safety program. 3. Employers should conduct a job site survey on a regular basis to identify potential hazards, implement appropriate control measures, and provide subsequent training to employees that specifically addresses all identified site hazards.
Content Notes:

Publication Date provided by FACE program; not printed on the report.
Subjects:

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Accidents, Occupational Occupational Health Safety
Keywords:

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Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Accidents Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Agriculture Clothing Farmers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 8 Personal-protection Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Tractors Training Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices
FACE - NIOSH and State:

All (0000) ; Agriculture (0001) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Farming (0013)

All (0000) ; Agriculture (0001) ; Machine (All) (0011) ; Machine Farming (0013) Less -
Series:

Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
Subseries:

State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE92CO025
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Colorado ; OSHA Region 8

Colorado ; OSHA Region 8 Less -
CIO:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
Topic:

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

3 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

20028576
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2009-108099
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 92CO025, 1992 Oct; :1-4
Federal Fiscal Year:

1993
Performing Organization:

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS 2022)
Start Date:

1992/09/30
End Date:

1997/09/29
Resource Number:

FACE-92CO025
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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