Farmer Crushed by Stock Shredder

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• Personal Author:
  Hetzler, William E. ; Hirsh, Gary L.
• Corporate Authors:
  Nebraska Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (Nebraska FACE) ; Nebraska. Department of Labor
• Description:
  A 71-year-old farmer (who also worked as a truck driver) was killed when a stock shredder he was working on descended and crushed him. He had raised it hydraulically and was working underneath it. The shredder was not blocked up and the hydraulic shutoff valves to the tractor (to which the shredder was attached) were not shut off. It appears the hydraulics on the tractor leaked at the connection which allowed the shredder to slowly fall on the victim. The victim was declared dead at the scene. The Nebraska Department of Labor Investigator concluded that to prevent future similar occurrences workers should: 1. ensure equipment, with a potential to fall, is properly blocked/chocked up prior to getting under it. 2. ensure appropriate shutoff valves are shut off prior to working on associated equipment. 3. ensure periodic maintenance and pre-task inspections are performed.
• Subjects:
  Accident Prevention Accidents Accidents, Occupational Agriculture Farmers Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Occupational Health Personal Protective Equipment Safety Safety Management Workplace

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• Keywords:
  Accident-analysis Accident-prevention Agricultural-industry Agricultural-machinery Agricultural-workers Equipment-operators Equipment-reliability Injuries Injury-prevention Machine-guarding Machine-operation OSHA Region 7 Protective-measures Safety-education Safety-equipment Safety-measures Safety-monitoring Safety-programs Tractors Traumatic-injuries Work-analysis Work-areas Work-operations Work-performance Work-practices

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• FACE - NIOSH and State:
  FACE ; Agriculture ; Machine (All) ; Machine - Farming
• Series:
  Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Reports (FACE)
• Subseries:
  State
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.26616/NIOSHSFACE99NE009
• Publisher:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Field Study
• Place as Subject:
  Nebraska ; OSHA Region 7
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20027901
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB2010-115326
• 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 99NE009, 1999 Jul ; :1-3
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1999
• Performing Organization:
  Nebraska Department of Labor
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• NAICS and SIC Codes:
  11 - Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting - (NAICS)
• Start Date:
  1993/09/30
• End Date:
  2006/08/31
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:1504bb3db574e51d16517009bc15b5c52221a3000c37a70d55e165c31686893c73daa59455750d3173aaf142e4a5697493d874920dc8b6f6c44386a0f4405dcd
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/166990/cdc_166990_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 36.24 KB ]