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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206734

ROLL-OVER,WORK RULES,ROPS,CRUSHED,DUMP TRUCK,TRACTOR

Event
ROLL-OVER,WORK RULES,ROPS,CRUSHED,DUMP TRUCK,TRACTOR
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14206734
Report ID
1054116

Event description

EMPLOYEE CRUSHED UNDER OVERTURNED TRACTOR

Investigation abstract

ON DECEMBER 21,1985, AT APPROXIMATELY 2:30 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 AND TWO OTHER EMPLOYE AND PRONOUNCED EMPLOYEE #1 DEAD AT THE SCENE. ES WERE PREPARING TO USE A DUMP TRUCK TO TOW A TRACTOR. THE TRACTOR NEEDED TO BE MOVED AWAY FROM A BUILDING THAT WAS SCHEDULED TO BE BURNED. EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANO THER EMPLOYEE ATTACHED A ROPE AROUND THE PTO HOUSING, WHICH WAS LOCATED NEAR THE SEAT. ONE OF THE OTHER EMPLOYEES GOT IN THE DUMP TRUCK, WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 SAT I N THE TRACTOR'S SEAT. THE THIRD EMPLOYEE, ACTING AS A GUIDE, MOTIONED THE DUMP T RUCK AHEAD. AS THE TRACTOR BEGAN TO MOVE, IT TURNED SIDEWAYS AND WAS PULLED OVER BY THE TRUCK. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PINNED BENEATH THE TRACTOR. THE TWO OTHER EMPLOYE ES CHECKED HIM AND FOUND NO SIGNS OF LIFE. AN AMBULANCE ARRIVED 30 MINUTES LATER

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 30 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    5
    Event type
    2
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    1

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