OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14206734
RAYMOND D MARCA
MYRTLE POINT, OR·
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
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#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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