Accident: 170019343 - Killed When Tractor Overturns During Loading
Employee #1, the owner-operator of a farm tractor with a rake attachment, was attempting to load the vehicle onto a flatbed truck. He was driving up two metal ramps when the tractor tipped over and fell off the ramps, trapping him underneath it. Employee #1 was crushed and killed.
tractor, falling object, crushed, agriculture, ramp, overturn, loading, farm machinery, work rules
Accident: 170041438 - Dies After Suffering A Heart Attack
Employee #1 was stepping out of his truck at a warehouse after delivering flowers to stores when he suffered a heart attack and died.
heart, heart attack, truck driver, delivery work, agriculture
Accident: 101280709 - Dies After Arm Amputated In Baler
Employee #1's left arm became caught in the power take-off shaft of a hay baler and was amputated. He died from excessive loss of blood.
baler, agriculture, arm, amputated, loss of blood, rotating shaft, caught by, power take-off
Accident: 170074348 - Killed When Trapped Under Truck Hit By Farm Vehicle
Employee #1 and a coworker were underneath the rear of Employee #1's privately-owned truck when a Kawasaki Mule 2510--a small, four-wheel drive vehicle used for hauling--struck its rear right side. Employee #1 became trapped beneath his truck and suffered serious head injuries. He was transported to the hospital, where he died a short time later.
pinned, truck, head, agriculture, struck by, collision, farm machinery
Accident: 14225726 - Crushed And Killed When Tractor Overturns
At approximately 12:30 p.m. on October 8, 1999, Employee #1 was operating a Case 685 International tractor with a loader bucket on the front. He was piling and compacting corn silage into a 30 by 80 ft mound for seasonal storage; this involved running the tractor up and back along a 40 ft long ramp that ran from 0 to 10 ft in elevation. The tractor came too close to the left east edge of the mound, and the silage gave way under the tractor's wheels. The tractor overturned, crushing Employee #1. He was killed. The tractor was equipped with a seatbelt but not a roll bar.
agriculture, farm machinery, tractor, collapse, unstable surface, work surface, overturn, crushed, rope, work rules
Accident: 170360440 - Finger Injured In Rice Cleaning Machine
On October 2, 1999, Employee #1, the general manager for a company that dries and stores rice, opened the guard to check the feed rolls and vacuum system on a rice cleaning machine. He was holding up the hinged inspection door with his left hand when his foot banged into a fire extinguisher on the floor. As he turned his body to look at the fire extinguisher, his right hand inadvertently became caught in the nip point of the rotating rice feed rolls. Employee #1 jerked his hand out , amputating his middle finger at the large knuckle and degloving his index and fourth fingers.
nip point, finger, agriculture, housekeeping, roller--mach/part, rotating parts, amputated, skin, work rules, maintenance
Accident: 170361430 - Arm Infected After Injury At Fruit Plant
At 12 midnight on September, 28, 1999, Employee #1, who worked as a quality assurance inspector at fruit processing plants, scraped her left elbow on the top of an analyzing table, sustaining an injury similar to a "rug burn." She went to bed at 4:00 a.m. and awoke at 5:00 a.m. to find her elbow swollen. Employee #1 went to her personal physician, who gave her antibiotics for an infection. She also saw the worker's compensation doctor, who increased the dosage of antibiotics. The inflammation continued to worsen, and Employee #1 was admitted to the hospital for intravenous antibiotic treatment. She was released on October. 4, 1999. Although her condition continues to slowly improve, Employee #1 is still experiencing burning and tingling as of April 6, 2000.
abrasion, agriculture, struck against, elbow, fruit packing
Accident: 125842534 - Foot Injured When Caught In Harvester
On September 27, 1999, Employee #1 was standing on the work platform of a sweet potato harvester. When the driver of the harvester raised the scoop, Employee #1's right foot became caught between the channel of the scoop's elevator frame and the stationary square tubing frame of the harvester. The front part of his foot sustained crushing injuries, for which he was hospitalized. The opening was not guarded.
agriculture, harvester, caught between, foot, unguarded, work rules, farm machinery
Accident: 170360390 - Injured When Reaching Into Screw Conveyor
On September 14, 1999, Employee #1, who worked for a company that farmed row crops and processed vegetable seeds, was inspecting the screw conveyor for cleanliness after a co-worker had cleaned it, as required for seed certification. He was reaching into the conveyor hopper to remove a seed when the coworker, who had walked around to the outfeed end of the conveyor, turned it on. Employee #1 sustained serious arm and hand injuries, for which he was hospitalized.
conveyor, hopper, caught by, agriculture, work rules, screw conveyor, communication, forearm, lockout, rotating parts
Accident: 949073 - Killed When Tractor Overturns
At approximately 5:30 p.m. on September 13, 1999, Employee #1 left the west tobacco field on a Farmall 140 row crop tractor towing a wagonload of tobacco toward the barn. The tractor and wagon went down the hill to the east on a dirt road. They were on the left side of the road near the bottom of the hill when the tractor skidded to the right side of the road, then skidded in a counterclockwise direction, overturning onto its left side. Employee #1's head was struck by the left rear wheel, and he died as a result of massive head injuries.
agriculture, tractor, lost control, head, struck by, overturn, farm machinery, motor vehicle
Accident: 740662 - Mechanic'S Fingertip Amputated In Cup Forming Machine
On August 26, 1999, Employee #1, a mechanic for a fruit processor, reached into the fruit cup machine to pull out some cup-form sheets that had become jammed. His right middle finger became caught under the press at the out-feed side, amputating the tip.
agriculture, fruit packing, jammed, finger, caught between, point of operation, amputated, lockout, work rules, press
Accident: 170616411 - Injures Ankle In Fall From Moving Truck
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on August 19, 1999, Employee #1, of Vincent B. Zaninovich & Sons, was unloading empty styrofoam grape boxes from a swamping truck when the driver suddenly moved the vehicle forward. Employee #1 lost his balance and fell off, suffering a serious injury to his left ankle. He was admitted to Delano Regional Medical Center in Delano, CA.
off loading, truck, lost balance, ankle, fall, agriculture, farm machinery
