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Preventing Farm Machinery Entanglements. Outline. Background Accident/incident analysis Machinery hazards Case studies Acceptable risk Making changes Conclusion. Background. Farm machinery entanglements in Canada: - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Preventing Farm Machinery Preventing Farm Machinery EntanglementsEntanglements
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Background Accident/incident analysisMachinery hazardsCase studiesAcceptable riskMaking changesConclusion
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BackgroundBackgroundFarm machinery entanglements
in Canada:
comprise one third of all farm machinery injuries.
involve both sexes and all ages.
cause an average of ten deaths per year.
seriously injure another 275 people per year.
Farm Machinery Injuries Canadian Agricultural Injury
Surveillance Program: 1990 - 1995 (4,042 cases)
66%
34%
Other Machinery Injuries Entanglements
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Entanglement injuries are among the most traumatic events seen in hospital emergency departments. – Major lacerations
– Crushed or fractured limbs
– Amputations
– Head and spinal cord injuries
– Permanent disability
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Machinery hazardsMachinery hazardsEntanglement can occur
when a machine has one or more of the following hazards:
pinch pointcrush pointwrap pointpull-in pointshearing, cutting points
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Pinch pointPinch point
Two or more parts move together with one moving in a circle.
Example:
pulley
belt
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Crush pointCrush point
Two components move toward each other.
Example:
three-point hitch
hydraulic cylinder
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Wrap pointWrap point
Exposed, rotating components. (Nicks, mud or rust increase wrap potential.)
Example:
PTO shaft
auger
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Pull-in pointPull-in point
Mechanism designed to pull in crops or other material.
Example:
baler pick-up
combine
feed grinder
conveyor
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Shearing, cutting pointsShearing, cutting points
Two parts move across each other, or one part moves across a stationary object.
Example:cutter baraugerfeed mixerfan blade
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Learning from experience: Learning from experience: Accident/incident analysisAccident/incident analysis
Immediate cause
Possible contributing factors– Human
– Mechanical
– Environmental
Basic, “systemic” cause
What one thing could prevent a similar incident?
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Case StudiesCase Studies
Stories of real people injured in farm machinery entanglements. Why highlight injuries rather than fatalities?– For every entanglement
fatality, there are 2727 serious entanglement injuries.
– What survivors tell us can help prevent a similar incident.
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Case Study 1Case Study 1
Erwin Lehmann
Approximately 125 people suffer serious head and/or spinal cord injuries in farm machinery related incidents every year in Canada.
Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program. “Hospitalized Farm Injuries in Canada, 1990 – 1995”
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Case Study 1: Case Study 1: Incident analysisIncident analysis
What was the immediate cause of the incident?
What were possible contributing factors:– human
– mechanical
– environmental
What one thing could prevent a similar incident?
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Case Study 2Case Study 2
Doug Thoms
In Canada, over thirty people a year suffer injuries that require admission to hospital as a result of becoming entangled in a baler.
Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program. “Hospitalized Farm Injuries in Canada, 1990 – 1995”
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Case Study 2: Case Study 2: Incident analysisIncident analysis
What was the immediate cause of the incident?
What were possible contributing factors?– human
– mechanical
– environmental
What one thing could prevent a similar incident?
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Case Study 3Case Study 3
Bernard Bigoraj
Approximately 275 people a year in Canada are seriously injured when they become entangled or caught in a farm machine. Over 5% of all farm work-related injuries are initiated by a trip or fall.
Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program. “Hospitalized Farm Injuries in Canada, 1990 – 1995”
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Case Study 3 Case Study 3 Incident analysisIncident analysis
What was the immediate cause of the incident?
What were possible contributing factors?– human
– mechanical
– environmental
What one thing could prevent a similar incident?
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Case Study 4Case Study 4Clara Crawford
Almost sixty women a year in Canada are seriously injured in incidents involving farm machinery.
Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program. “Hospitalized Farm Injuries in Canada, 1990 – 1995”
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Case Study 4: Case Study 4: Incident analysisIncident analysis
What was the immediate cause of the incident?
What were possible contributing factors?– human
– mechanical
– environmental
What one thing could prevent a similar incident?
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Case Study 5Case Study 5
Richard Polkinghorne
Approximately 50 people a year in Canada are killed or seriously injured when they become entangled in a power-take-off device.
Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program. “Fatal Farm Injuries in Canada, 1990 – 1998”
“Hospitalized Farm Injuries in Canada, 1990 – 1995”
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Case Study 5: Case Study 5: Incident analysisIncident analysis
What was the immediate cause of the incident?
What were possible contributing factors:– human
– mechanical
– environmental
What one thing could prevent a similar incident?
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Case Study 6Case Study 6
Bob Ellenor
Most farm fatalities occur during daylight hours, and there are clear peaks during the afternoon, from 2:00 to 6:00 pm.
Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program. “Fatal Farm Injuries in Canada, 1990 – 1998”
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Case Study 6: Case Study 6: Incident analysisIncident analysis
What was the immediate cause of the incident?
What were possible contributing factors?– human
– mechanical
– environmental
What one thing could prevent a similar incident?
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Case Study 7Case Study 7
Charlene Gray
On average, every year in Canada, three people lose all or part of an arm, another two lose a hand, and almost fifty lose a thumb and/or fingers in farm work-related injuries.
Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program. “Hospitalized Farm Injuries in Canada, 1990 – 1995”
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Case Study 7: Case Study 7: Incident analysisIncident analysis
What was the immediate cause of the incident?
What were possible contributing factors?– human
– mechanical
– environmental
What one thing could prevent a similar incident?
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Case Study 8Case Study 8Lorraine Klassen
On average every year in Canada, nine children under the age of fifteen are killed, and over 100 are seriously injured in incidents involving farm machinery.
Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program.
“Fatal Farm Injuries in Canada, 1990 – 1998”
“Hospitalized Farm Injuries in Canada, 1990 – 1995”
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Case Study 8: Case Study 8: Incident analysisIncident analysis
What was the immediate cause of the incident?
What were possible contributing factors?– human
– mechanical
– environmental
What one thing could prevent a similar incident?
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Case Study 9Case Study 9Tony Potoreyko
In Canada, fewer than half of farm fatalities are witnessed; 36% are not discovered for more than an hour, which has a huge impact on the survival rate of the victims.
Canadian Agricultural Injury Surveillance Program. “Hospitalized Farm Injuries in Canada, 1990 – 1995”
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Case Study 9: Case Study 9: Incident analysisIncident analysis
What was the immediate cause of the incident?What were possible contributing factors?– human– mechanical– environmental
What one thing could decrease the trauma of a similar incident?
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What can an entanglement cost?What can an entanglement cost?
Pain and sufferingGuilt, shame, loss of self-esteemProduction downtimeTravel and medical expensesChildcare expensesMachinery damage and/or replacement
Hired labour costs Increased farm work for spouse/childrenLess time for study and/or recreationDecreased income Lifetime disabilityFamily breakdownLoss of the farm
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What is “acceptable risk?”What is “acceptable risk?”
There is only one person who can decide what level of risk is acceptable for you. Ask yourself :
– Is the comfort of a loose shirt on a hot day worth eleven weeks in hospital?
– Is saving a few bushels of grain worth losing an arm?– Are the family hassles you avoid by letting your child ride on
or play around equipment worth losing the child?– Is getting by on three hours sleep to finish harvest a day earlier
worth losing the farm?– Is the convenience of leaving the tractor running while you
repair or unplug equipment worth your family losing you?
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Making changesMaking changes
Farm Safety AuditA management tool that can minimize the risk of injuries and maximize productivity and profitability
Cost/benefit analysis process: What will it cost - in terms of time,
money and convenience - to change equipment, the environment or a work procedure?
Is the potential benefit worth the cost?
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ConclusionConclusionYou can work safely with farm machinery. Here’s how:
1. Guard or shield all moving parts.
2. Do a pre-operational safety check on yourself.
3. Disengage PTO, turn off engine and remove keys before dismounting tractor.
4. Turn off power before you repair, adjust or unplug machinery.
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5. Walk around, don’t climb or reach over a rotating PTO.
6. Consider yourself a high-risk worker and dress for the job.
7. Communicate effectively when you work with another person.
8. Keep bystanders and children away from machinery.
9. You may want to invest in a Remote control engine shut-off and receiver remote control engine shut-off.
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Program PartnersProgram Partners
I.ARE.H – Centre for Agricultural Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Canadian Coalition for Agricultural Safety and Rural Health
Canadian Coalition forAgricultural Safety and Rural Health
Coalition canadienne pour la sécuritéagricole et la santé rurale
