A 17-year-old farm youth died after he became entangled in the unloading beaters of a forage wagon. The victim was working near a barn and used a tractor and a power-takeoff (PTO) driven forage wagon to deliver forage to cows in a barn. The self-unloading wagon was equipped with two unloading beaters mounted across the front of it. The beaters broke apart the forage in the wagon as two chain conveyors on the floor of the wagon moved the forage to the front of the wagon. At the time of the incident, the forage wagon was nearly empty. One of the conveyor chains on the floor of the wagon had broken and as a result, the forage would not move forward toward the unloading beaters. As a result, the victim entered the forage wagon to shovel the contents from the wagon while the unloading beaters continued to operate.


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    Title :

    Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report for Minnesota: Farm Youth Dies After Becoming Entangled in the Unloading Beaters of a Forage Wagon (FACE-05-MN-010)


    Publication date :

    2005


    Size :

    8 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English