Case reports of on-site investigations of auger-related farm injuries.
Previous reports have indicated that injuries involving augers (screw conveyors) are a serious problem in agriculture, but to date on-site engineering inspections linking injuries to mechanical and procedural aspects have not been available. This article details four events involving injuries as the result of being entangled in auger flighting. In each report, the circumstances surrounding the injury event are outlined, and the machinery involved is evaluated in terms of its compliance with current safety standards. In three of the four instances, the machinery did not conform to current guarding standards or to safety sign standards. In these three cases, injuries were preventable with improved guarding according to ASAE Standards. In the other case, the machine complied with ASAE Standards, but the injury could have been prevented with improved guarding of the auger flighting.
Ingram
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Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health (I.ARE.H), University of Saskatchewan, 103 Hospital Drive, P.O. Box 120, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W8, Canada. mark.ingram@usask.ca
Crowe
T G
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Wassermann
J
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Hagel
L M
LM
Dosman
J A
JA
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