Accident: 14544183 - Dies After Leg Amputated By Mower

On August 29, 1996, Employee #1, a nursery worker, arrived at a farm near Orangeville, PA and then drove a Kubota 2150 tractor about 5 miles to another farm in Lightstreet, PA. His job that day was to mow between tree rows. He had been mowing a path down a diversion, a treeless area resembling a grass covered road on which tractors run to avoid driving through the tree lines. As he attempted to turn around, the tractor's right front wheel ran over a small embankment, causing the right side of the tractor to tilt. Employee #1 was thrown from his seat and the bush hog mower that was being pulled behind the tractor ran over the lower portion of his right leg. The tractor continued over the embankment approximately 75 yards before coming to rest against a tree. It continued to run for about 10 minutes until the owner arrived at the scene. At approximately 7:45 a.m., Employee #1 contacted the general manager with a walkie-talkie and said he was injured and needed an ambulance. The manager immediately called 911 and had an ambulance dispatched to the farm. The owner of the Log Barn Nursery heard the radio call and immediately drove to the farm. When he arrived, he saw Employee #1 lying on the ground with the lower part of his right leg cut off and a self-applied tourniquet on the upper part of his leg. Employee #1 was transported by ambulance to the Bloomsburg Hospital, where he underwent surgery to reattach his leg. Sometime during or after the surgery, he started convulsing and was immediately put into an induced coma to relieve brain swelling. He was later transferred to Geisinger Hospital in Danville, PA, where he remained in a coma until he was declared brain dead on September 11, 1996. Life support machines were removed during the evening hours of September 11, and he died after midnight on September 12, 1996.

equipment operator, run over, leg, amputated, tractor, uneven ground, ejected, bush hog

Accident: 954370 - Killed When Head Strikes Tractor'S Protective Cage

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on December 21, 1995, Employee #1 was clearing brush from around a water settlement pond. To stabilize himself, he tied a rope around himself while a coworker held the other end. A tractor with a bush hog was mowing grass in the area. The loose end of the rope became wrapped around the bush hog. The rope was pulled from the coworker's grip and pulled Employee #1 into the tractor's protective cage. Employee #1 died of head injuries.

head, struck against, tractor, work rules, unsecured, rops, bush hog

Accident: 170614754 - Hand Crushed When Caught In Chain And Sprocket

Employee #1, a cleanup person for a company that processes bark from trees into decorative bark and mulch, was cleaning metal and nails of a magnet above a hog, when he realized that the feed chute was plugged. He climbed a ladder, then climbed over a guardrail system. He stood at a 4 in. wide edge of a bin that was 12 feet above the ground. The area he was standing on was not a work area. Employee #1 attempted to lift the lid off the chute opening and slipped. His right hand became caught in an unguarded chain and sprocket drive near the chute when he reached out to steady himself. He was hospitalized with a crushed right hand.

crushed, unguarded, chain, slip, hand, clogged, sprocket, work rules, bush hog, fracture

Accident: 604785 - Later Dies After Caught In Bush Hog

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on June 24, 1993, the president of the company found Employee #1 lying underneath a 48 in. bush hog with his head sticking out. The employee had been mowing tall grass approximately 100 ft west of the company office with a Massey Ferguson 200 tractor with the attached bush hog. There were no witnesses. Employee #1 was transported by South Flight to the USA Medical Center, where he later died.

construction, caught by, bush hog

Accident: 170121073 - Bleeds To Death After Being Cut By Mower

Employee #1 somehow fell from a tractor/bush hog mowing unit and was run over by the operating cutting device. His left leg was lacerated. The employee died of blood loss because he did not receive emergency medical attention.

run over, agriculture, emergency response, laceration, leg, bush hog, loss of blood

Accident: 958132 - Killed When Wire Lodges In Head

Employee was cutting grass between rows of almond trees driving a Massey Ferguson low profile tractor with a brush hog attached. Apparently, the blades of the brush hog struck some baling wire that was lying on the ground. A piece of the wire was severed by the blade and struck Employee #1 in the back of his head, lodging there. Employee #1 was killed.

head, struck by, bush hog, metal wire, blade, agriculture, puncture, tractor, housekeeping

Accident: 14442412 - Killed When Run Over By Bush Hog

Employee #1 was mowing grass on the side of a road with a tractor and bush hog. The tractor, which was not equipped with an operational starter mechanism, stalled. A coworker used a pickup truck and chain to try to pull-start the tractor. During the first attempt to pull-start the tractor, Employee #1 was in the tractor seat. On the second attempt to start or tow it, he was standing on the right side of the tractor, which was in gear and had its ignition switch turned on. When the tractor was pulled, it started and ran on its own. Employee #1 attempted to keep up with the tractor to shut it off, but was knocked down and crushed by the right rear wheel, then was run over by the bush hog. Employee #1 was killed.

crushed, mech malfunction, tractor, run over, bush hog, unmanned, started in gear, struck by, work rules

Accident: 739656 - Injured; Fell Off Tractor & Run Over By Bush Hog

bush hog, tractor, fall, run over

Accident: 170105613 - Killed When Run Over By Tractor

It appears that the front axle of a 1990 John Deere, model 2355, tractor hit a cluster of five tree stumps, causing the tractor to roll to the right. Employee #1 either jumped or was thrown from the tractor. While trying to get away, she was run over by the tractor and rotary cutter (bush hog). Employee #1 was killed.

run over, tractor, struck against, ejected, bush hog