OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221465925
HSU GINSENG FARMS, LLP
MOSINEE, WI—
Event description
Employee is crushed and killed by vehicle-mounted sprayer
Investigation abstract
At 8:00 a.m. on May 31, 2022, an employee was preparing a vehicle-mounted struck and crushed by the sprayer. The employee was found by a passer-by and emergency services were contacted. The employee died from his injuries. agricultural sprayer to spray fungicide onto a ginseng garden. The employee arrived at the site driving a Ford F250 pick-up truck towing a flatbed trailer carrying the custom-built sprayer. The employee backed the pickup and trailer into the unpaved area next to the ginseng garden. The employee accessed a wooden storage box which contained supplies for mixing the fungicide and had prepared the generator and mixer hose to the north of where the vehicle was parked. The employee proceeded to remove the transport chains from the sprayer which was turned on. As the employee was unloading the sprayer from the trailer, he was
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 56 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 479
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