Wife of a Sheep Rancher Was Fatally Injured While Attempting to Round Up a Flock of Sheep

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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
• Description:
  On April 30, 1990, the 58-year-old wife of a sheep rancher was fatally injured while attempting to round up a flock of sheep. The fatal accident occurred sometime during the night hours on a Friday evening or early Saturday morning. At 1500 hours the victim and her husband left the ranch headquarters to round up their sheep and bring them to the ranch buildings for protection. A major snow storm was developing in the area which is at an elevation of 10,000 feet. The victim separated from her husband to chase down a second flock of sheep. Very shortly a high wind arose and created white-out conditions in the area. The husband was unable to locate the victim and returned to the ranch to obtain additional help from his son. As darkness set in, the son was sent to town to call for help. The sheriff's department took the call at 2200 hours and notified the local volunteer fire department, the emergency medical service, and search and rescue units from two counties. The search continued until 0300 hours when it was decided to wait for daylight. At 0745 hours the victim was found. 1. Multiple layers of clothing should be worn when going out into severe cold weather. 2. A compass should be carried when working in open country during storm conditions.
• Content Notes:
  Publication Date provided by FACE program
  
  not printed on the report.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Hypothermia Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Women Workplace
• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Clothing Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 8 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Agriculture
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE90CO024
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; 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:20028538
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2009-108989
• Citation:
  Morgantown, WV: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, FACE 90CO024, 1990 Oct ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1991
• Performing Organization:
  Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1992/09/30
• End Date:
  1997/09/29
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:114dfb06faa3a7d88be9240e696a39379c44c02c8f1da22833a853b66fce1dada3e121599234baeb799b4dfdf5a765100d01030e1db5b4b62858e94245b41bd7
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166565/cdc_166565_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 11.27 KB ]