OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #1000355
VEHICLE,HEART ATTACK,TRACTOR,STEERING WHEEL
Event description
EMPLOYEE DIED OF HEART ATTACK WHILE DRIVING TRACTOR
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, a laborer for the City of Greensboro Parks and Recreation Departmen t was driving a 1987 John Deere tractor Model Number 2355, pulling a mowing deck from one City Park to another. Employee #1 was traveling north on Warren Street and slumped over the steering wheel of the tractor. The tractor crashed into th e rear of an unattended parked car, which hit two additional vehicles. Employee #1 died of a heart attack as a result of ischemic heart disease.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 39 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 7
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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