OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221638463

107064 - COVENANT FARMS LLP

FULDA, MN— 2023-09-27T00:00:00

Event: Auger, Electrocuted, Fire, Fire Extinguisher, Overhead Power Line, Tractor
NAICS: 111110
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347188856
Employer profile: 107064 - COVENANT FARMS LLP
Summary number: 221638463
Report ID: 0552700

Event description

Employee is killed via electrocution

Investigation abstract

At 12:00 a.m. on September 27, 2023, an employee was pulling a 1396 Brent Unverferth Avalanche dual auger cart with a 8320R John Deere tractor. The extended auger on the cart came into contact with adjacent overhead power lines. The electricity passed through trailer safety chain to the ground below, causing corn stalks to start on fire. The employee exited the cab of the tractor to the ground below. When the employee went to retrieve the fire extinguisher from the rock box at the front of the tractor, he was electrocuted. The employee was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 63 M

Event type
13

Occupation code
999

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