OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221499452

FLAT CREEK FARM - SP

AMELIA COURT HOUSE, VA— 2022-09-25T00:00:00

Event: Catch Point, Caught In, Clothing, Defective Equipment, Entangled, Farm, Farm Machinery, Machine Guarding, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Power Take-Off, Pulled In, Safety Device, Torso, Unguarded
NAICS: 111199
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #346245210
Employer profile: FLAT CREEK FARM - SP
Summary number: 221499452
Report ID: 0355111

Event description

Employee is killed when clothing is caught, pulled into PTO

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on September 25, 2022, an employee who worked as a farmer was stepping over an unguarded power take-off (PTO) shaft when his clothing became caught. The employee became entangled in the machine incurring multiple injuries and was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 73 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
473

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