Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-04-01 | Lavonia | Ga | CARRY-ON TRAILER, INC. | Thigh(s) | Pedestrian struck by vehicle in nonroadway area |
A forklift operator had dismounted his forklift when he was struck by a farm tractor. The employee was pinned between the forklift and the tractor, resulting in a leg amputation above the knee. | |||||
2021-02-12 | Franksville | Wi | Borzynski Brothers Properties Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
While an employee was working on a farm tractor, the tractor started and the belt amputated the employee's index fingertip. | |||||
2020-04-27 | Union | Nebraska | Pomp's Tire Service, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was exiting a farm tractor when the wind blew the door closed on his finger, smashing and amputating his fingertip. | |||||
2019-08-13 | Prague | Oklahoma | P&K Equipment, Inc. | Pelvis | Struck or run over by rolling powered vehicle |
An employee was repairing a farm tractor while underneath it. The tractor started and ran over the employee causing a fractured pelvis. | |||||
2017-06-07 | Seward | Nebraska | Farmers Cooperative Co. | Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders | Struck by swinging part of powered vehicle |
An employee was removing the outside dual wheel on a farm tractor to get access to the inner dual tire. The employee had the rear wheel of the tractor raised up with a jack and was using a truck-mounted boom to help remove the outside wheel/tire assembly. After the employee unbolted the wheel and maneuvered it off the axel, the wheel tilted and struck the employee. The employee fractured five ribs, punctured a lung, and suffered a laceration behind the right ear. | |||||
2016-08-08 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | Silver Star Construction Company, Inc. | BODY SYSTEMS | Exposure to environmental heat |
An employee was operating a large farm tractor outdoors when he experienced blurred vision, slurred speech, a queasy stomach, and unsteadiness. He was hospitalized with heat-related illness. | |||||
2016-05-26 | Saint Augustine | Florida | Ring Power Corporation | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
The injured employee along with his co-worker were lining a farm implement onto the farm tractor's hitch. As the farm implement was being aligned with the ball of the hitch, the employee's right pointer finger got caught between the implement and the ball of the hitch resulting in the amputation of his finger from the nail up. The employee was admitted to the hospital. | |||||
2016-02-29 | Sulphur | Oklahoma | MAHARD EGG FARM | Nonclassifiable | Pedestrian struck by forward-moving vehicle in nonroadway area |
The employee jump started a farm tractor with a screw driver. The tractor was in gear and the throttle advanced. The tractor started and ran over the employee resulting in multiple fractures. |