Farmer crushed underneath rotary mower while changing blades.

Johnson, Wayne; Rautiainen, Risto

doi:10.26616/NIOSHSFACE98IA056

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Farmer crushed underneath rotary mower while changing blades.

1998/11/01
By Johnson, Wayne ; Rautiainen, Risto
Series: Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)

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Johnson, Wayne ; Rautiainen, Risto

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Iowa Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (Iowa FACE) ; University of Iowa. College of Medicine. Institute for Rural and Environmental Health

Iowa Fatality Assessment & Control Evaluation Program (Iowa FACE) ; University of Iowa. College of Medicine. Institute for Rural and Environmental Health Less -
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In the spring of 1998 a 76-year-old Iowa farmer was killed while working on a rotary mower in his machine shed. The mower was attached to the three-point hitch of his tractor, which he had backed into a machine shed to change the mower blades. He raised the mower to a sufficient height to work underneath, but did not provide support or blocking for the mower. While he was lying on the floor working on the mower, the tractor hydraulics were leaking and the mower was slowly coming down. He was probably aware of the hydraulic problem, for he had been working with this same tractor and mower for several years. At one point, he apparently tried to roll out from under the mower, but became trapped between the right rear wheel of the mower and the mower deck.. The mower continued to come down and pinned him to the floor, crushing him in the chest. A friend of the victim was expecting him to arrive in town for coffee and began to search for him when he did not appear. The farmer was found dead under the mower in his machine shed. The official cause of death was from suffocation. Recommendations based on our investigation are as follows: 1. Machines should be supported securely during repair and maintenance, especially when working under heavy machine components. 2. Hydraulic systems should be kept in good operating condition.
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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-machinery Agricultural-processes Agricultural-workers Farmers Injuries Injury-prevention OSHA Region 7 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Tractors 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)

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Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
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State
DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE98IA056
Publisher:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Document Type:

Text
Funding:

Cooperative Agreement
Genre:

Field Study
Place as Subject:

Iowa ; OSHA Region 7

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CIO:

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

Workplace Safety & Health
Location:

North America
Pages in Document:

6 pdf pages
NIOSHTIC Number:

20028286
NTIS Accession Number:

PB2009-106285
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 98IA056, 1998 Nov; :1-3
Federal Fiscal Year:

1999
Performing Organization:

Iowa Department of Public Health
Peer Reviewed:

False
NAICS and SIC Codes:

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

1992/09/30
End Date:

2006/08/31
Resource Number:

FACE-98IA056
Collection(s):

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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