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Farmer Killed When Crushed By Tractor, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 70-year-old farmer (the victim) was killed while mowing his pasture. He had completed mowing around the top of a ridge, and was beginning to mow the sloping sections, when the power take-off (PTO) shaft connecting the rotary mower (bushhog) to the tractor came off. When he attempted to re-attach the shaft, the tractor began to roll down the steep slope; he lost control as it descended into the hollow. Apparently he attempted to jump from the left side of the tractor and his right foot became wedged between the high/low shift lever; as a result his body went under …

Logger Killed By Falling Snag [96ky089], Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 54-year-old logger (the victim) was killed after being struck on the head by a falling snag (dead standing tree). The victim was cutting the last tree to make up a load (3 trees) for the skidder. The driver was about 10-15 feet away, waiting for the last tree. He did not witness the incident. When the victim felled the tree, a nearby dead tree broke at a point approximately 12 feet up. The dead tree fell directly on the victim, striking him on the crown of the head. He was not wearing any type of head protection at the …

Retired Farmer Thrown From And Run Over By Tractor, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 67-year-old retired farmer (the victim) was killed while mowing a field of the family farm. He had made several passes around the field using a rotary mower recently equipped with new blades by his son. At one end of the field was an approximate 20-foot hill of 15-degree slope. The top of this hill was a plateau across which the tractor could be driven in order to ascend at the end which was less steep. The victim had come close to rolling the tractor over in the past, and so it was never his practice to mow across the …

Performance À Moyen Terme De Divers Modes D'Implantation Du Simdut, Gilles Thériault, Madeleine Ferron, Vincent Dufort, Sylvie Bédard, Jorma Saari

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Réduction Du Bruit À La Source Sur Un Tamis À Pâte, Jean Nicolas, Alain Berry, Rémy Oddo, Raymond Panneton, Christian Clavet

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Problématique De La Santé Et De La Sécurité Chez Les Pompiers : Résultats De L'Analyse De Fichiers D'Accidents De Deux Municipalités, Danièle Champoux, Esther Cloutier

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Farmer Killed In Tractor Rollover [96ky088], Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

On August 22, 1996, a 75-year-old farmer was killed when the tractor he was operating rolled over onto him. He was using a 1979 IH Farm all 140, towing a flatbed wagon along the perimeter of a tobacco patch. As he turned left to proceed around the field, the left tractor wheels went over an embankment, causing the tractor to roll over. The victim was crushed under the rear wheel of the overturned tractor and died of traumatic asphyxia due to chest injuries. He was discovered by his son two hours after the incident when he did not return to …

Développement D'Une Approche Basée Sur L'Analyse Du Risque Toxicologique Pour Déterminer Un Niveau Acceptable D'Exposition Aux Solvants Pour La Travailleuse Enceinte : Projet-Pilote Portant Sur Le Toluène, Jules Brodeur, Adolf Vyskocil, Claude Viau

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Front End Loader Overturns On Seed/Fertilizer Store Owner, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Other

A 53-year-old farmer and partner in a seed and fertilizer business was loading fertilizer for a customer. He was driving the store's old front end loader, which had no roll over protective structure (ROPS) or seatbelt. After coming around to the back of the building where fertilizer was stored, he failed to turn the loader into the bin; instead it continued forward almost 50 feet to a ditch. When the front tire went over the edge of the ditch, the loader overturned, coming to rest on top of the victim. He died within minutes.

In order to prevent similar incidents, …

Maintenance Worker Killed In 25-Foot Fall From I-Beam, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Falls

A 25-year-old maintenance worker at a steel distribution company died as the result of a fall from a steel I-beam he had repeatedly climbed to reach the top of a disabled crane. This worker and another had been attempting to repair the crane, and had found it necessary to climb up and down several times for various reasons (see below). Each time the victim had shimmied down and back up the I-beam rather than using the fixed ladder some distance away. When the fall occurred, he was on his way back up and somehow lost his grip on the beam. …

Logs Roll Off Truck At Sawmill Killing The Truck Driver, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Motor Vehicle

A 64-year-old male (the victim) was killed while unloading logs at a sawmill. Since retiring from the mining industry several years ago, he had been working part-time driving a semi-trailer truck owned by a logger. As was his usual practice, the victim drove the truck alone, and on the day of the incident hauled a large load of logs on the trailer bed. The logs were approximately 12 inches in diameter and 20-25 feet long. Stakes on the sides of the trailer bed were four feet high; witnesses reported that the logs were stacked approximately four feet higher than the …

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (Hiv)/Hepatitis B Virus (Hbv) Risk Perception Related To Needlestick Injuries At A Medical School In Norfolk, Virginia, Ronald B. Hartman

Community & Environmental Health Theses & Dissertations

A limited number of studies have been conducted to assess the perceptions of risk of medical students and residents for acquiring Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) or Hepatitis B Virus (HBV) via percutaneous (needlestick) injuries while performing clinical training. The purpose of this study is to investigate these perceptions of risk, and to determine whether there is an association between a high perception of risk and a low incidence of needlestick injury. The method of investigation was a four-page survey questionnaire. The instrument was investigated for reliability by use of a pilot study with a small group of medical students and …

Les Indicateurs De Lésions En Santé Et Sécurité Du Travail : Analyse Par Secteur D'Activité Économique En 1991, François Hébert

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Étude De L'Influence De Certaines Caractéristiques Des Entreprises Et Du Secteur De La Construction Sur Les Accidents Du Travail, Michel Vézina, Suzanne Gingras, Serge André Girard, Renée Bourbonnais

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Les Rechutes De Lésions Professionnelles De 1991 : Une Analyse Des Données De La Csst, Michèle Gervais, Jacques Cousin

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Farmer Killed When Thrown From Tractor, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 79-year-old farmer (the victim) was killed while driving his tractor. He had been a full-time farmer who lived alone and farmed on the 136-acre land nearly all of his life; the main commodity was beef cattle. As was his usual practice, he was working alone on the day of the incident. Every evening he had dinner with his two sisters who lived in a house on the same property about 50 yards from his home. When he did not show up for the evening meal, they went out to look for him. They found that he had taken the …

Recherche Exploratoire Sur La Relation Entre L'Orientation Qualité Et La Sécurité Dans Les Projets De Construction, Pierre D'Aragon, Bernard-André Genest, Michel Grant

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Développement D'Un Appareil À Lecture Directe Pour L'Évaluation Des Champs Électriques Et Magnétiques De 50 À 720 Hz, Lambert Laliberté, Bernard Caron, Raymond Sylvestre

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

L'Exposition Aux Contaminants Chimiques - L'Analyse Des Lésions Professionnelles Indemnisées Par La Csst (1989-1993), François Hébert, Claude Ostiguy, Guylaine Beauchamp, Thierry Petitjean-Roget, Paul Massicotte, Pierre Larivière, Alain Lajoie

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Méthode D'Essai Avec Volant D'Inertie Pour Évaluer La Performance D'Éléments De Protection Contre Les Scies À Chaîne, Denis Turcot, Jean Arteau, Renaud Daigle, Jérôme Boutin

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Logger Killed By Falling Snag [96ky019], Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 42-year-old logger was killed after being struck on the head by a falling limb from a snag (dead standing tree). The victim had been working with one co-worker, who had temporarily left the scene to remove some logs. They were selectively cutting dead or dying trees which were approximately 20 inches in diameter. While his co-worker was away, the victim cut a tree which broke a snag approximately 30-35 feet up. The snag fell directly on the victim, striking him in the forehead. He was not wearing any type of head protection at the time of the incident. The …

Farmer Strangled By Jacket Caught On Exposed Auger Shaft, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Tractors/Logging

A 44-year-old farmer was killed when his jacket became entangled on the protruding metal shaft of a feed bin auger. The victim was atop the feed bin, trying to unclog feed from the auger by beating on the tin cylinder through which the feed passed into the bin. (See Figure 1.) The feed had become clogged at this point several times in the past, and the victim had performed this task on those occasions without injury. There were no witnesses to this incident. It was a rainy day, and the victim was wearing leather-soled boots, so it is possible that …

Ua66/14/4 Kentucky Partnership Newsletter, Vol. Iii, No. 1, Kentucky Partnership For Farm Family Health & Safety

University Organizations

Newsletter created by and about the Kentucky Partnership for Farm Family Health & Safety.

!!Logging Hazard Alert!!, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Kentucky Haz Alerts--Tractors/Logging

In just a little over two years, at least 16 Kentucky loggers have been killed as a result of being struck by falling trees or branches (12), or by logs falling from trucks they were unloading (4).

Described below are two representative fatal incidents, followed by our recommendations for prevention of similar incidents.

La Clinique Des Maux De Dos - Un Modèle De Prise En Charge, En Prévention De La Chronicité, Patrick Loisel, Pierre Durand, Lise Gosselin, Robert Simard, Jean Turcotte

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Worker Killed In Fall From Oil Tank, Kentucky Injury Prevention And Research Center

Fatality Case Reports--Falls

A 50-year-old male was killed when he fell from the top of a 12-foot high oil tank. The victim was an oil gauger for a company that transports crude oil. His job was to obtain samples of the oil to check its quality. On the day of the incident he was to check the oil at a site located about 100 miles from his office. He was an experienced gauger and had been to this site many times before. This company owned four cylinder-shaped oil tanks. Three of the tanks were 15 feet high and one was 12 feet high …

Impact De L'Avance En Âge Sur Les Scénarios D'Accidents Et Les Indicateurs De Lésions Dans Les Secteurs De La Santé Et Des Services Sociaux, De L'Administration Provinciale Et De L'Administration Municipale, Esther Cloutier, Patrice Duguay

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Mise Au Point D'Une Méthode D'Échantillonnage Des Microorganismes Sur Filtre De Polycarbonate, Geneviève Marchand

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Distribution Des Résultats D'Analyses Environnementales Réalisées En Laboratoire : Portrait De La Situation Sur Cinq Années (1989-1993) Et Impact Des Nouvelles Normes, Claude Ostiguy, François Hébert, Pierre Larivière, Guylaine Beauchamp, Alain Lajoie, Thierry Petitjean-Roget

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.

Validation D'Une Démarche D'Ergonomie Participative Dans Deux Industries Du Secteur Électrique, Marie St-Vincent, Denise Chicoine, Sylvie Beaugrand

Rapports de recherche scientifique

No abstract provided.