Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Report: Sixteen-Year-OldFarmworker Dies in a Cotton Packing Machine After Being Covered with a Load of Cotton in Georgia, November 22, 1999

摘要

On November 22, 1999, a 16-year-old male farmworker (the victim) died in a cottonpacking machine after a load of cotton was dumped on top of him, causing compression asphyxiation and suffocation. On November 30, 1999, officals of the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor notified the Division of Safety Research (DSR) of this fatality. On December 13, 1999, two DSR occupational safety and health specialists conducted an investigation of the incident. The incident was reviewed with personnel from county sheriff and medical examiner's offices. the employer was interviewed and accompanied investigators to fields where the cotton packing machine and the cotton picker used on the day of the incident were stored. Photographs were obtained and measurements taken during the course of the investigation.