Farm Machinery Accident Situations

Unit 9

By Abby Hein

Jennifer MartinJason StubbsAlyssa Tucker

Johnie Van Riper

Think about it……

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What do these two things have in common?

Attitude

It can’t happen to me”

Yes it can!!!

This is a result of carelessness on farm equipment

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Fencing

• Barbed wire clamp not secure; worker struck by wire

• PTO-driven posthole auger contracts worker’s trousers; worker’s let mangled

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Wagons

• Tractor shifted our of gear while traveling downhill; towed load jackknifes and overturns

• Helper hitching wagon to tractor drawbar; helper’s hand is crushed between drawbar and hitched

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Tractor Loader

• Load raised with tractor on sidehill; overturn occurs

• Load raised too high while traveling over rough ground; tractor overturns

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Elevators and Augers

• Leveling grain in wagon and catches gloved hand in auger drive

• Workers ride up moving elevator and fall to haymow floor

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Grinder-Mixer

• Worker moving feed from feed spout; worker suffocates in dust of closed bin

• Worker shoveling grain into hammermill; flying grain strikes workers eye

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Baler

• Worker rides on baler, falls, and is run over by load

• Worker feeding pickup of baler; hands caught in auger

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Large Round Baler

• Worker attempts to remove plugged hay from baler feed rolls with hands without shutting off power and becomes entangled in feed rolls

• Worker attempts to stop rolling bale by driving a tractor in front of it Caseih.com

Combine

• Small child run over by combine backing from storage

• Worker struck by straw spreader

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Corn Picker

• Gathering unit dropped on worker making adjustments

• Rider in wagon struck by wagon elevator as ditch is crossed

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Forage Harvester

• Worker caught in feed mechanism when cleaning clogged header

• Worker adjusting blower spout catches hand in mechanism

Source:Scott Setniker

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Cutter Bar Mower

• Tractor and mower overturn on road embankment

• Hitch bolts break as safety release does not function; PTO disconnects and swings in wide arc

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Hay Conditioner

• Worker struck by object thrown from rolls

• Worker’s hand caught when cleaning clogged rolls

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Rotary Mower

• Tractor and mower overturn when dropping in large hole

• Tractor operator struck by flying objects due to lack of shield Bushhog.com

Windrower

• Worker crushed under header

• Inexperienced operator drives off road as vehicle approaches Source:Scott Setniker

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Planter

• Marker falls on worker

• Diesel fuel used for cleaning fertilizer hopper ignites

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Sprayer

• End of sprayer boom catches on post; sprayer overturns

• High clearance sprayer wheel runs off edge of truck when loading; sprayer overturns

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Cultivator

• Rear mounted unit parallel links not secured; tool bar drops crushes helper

• Operator is caught in hinge as extension or transport wheel are swung into place

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Disk Harrow

• Extra rider falls from tractor and overrun

• Wheel disk rolls after hitch pin is removed, crushing worker Caseih.com

Spike Tooth Harrow

• Drawbar hitch raised too high to help trash flow; tractor overturns when harrow catches on fence post

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Plow

• Machine left in raised position; parking stand not secured, and worker is crushed as plow drops

• Tractor wheels not set at correct width; tractor overturns

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Why do accidents happen?

• Human Error

• Bad Attitude

• Un-Trained Operators