OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14217111
SPEEDING,CRUSHED,SHARP TURN,TRACTOR,OVERTURN
Event description
TRACTOR OVERTURNED WHILE MAKING U-TURN
Investigation abstract
A TRACTOR OVERTURNED WHEN THE OPERATOR ATTEMPED TO MAKE A SHARP U-TURN. THE VEHI CLE WAS CONFIGURED WITH A SINGLE WHEEL IN FRONT AND TWO DRIVE WHEELS IN THE REAR . THIS CONFIGURATION IS UNSTABLE WHEN SHARP TURNS OR U-TURNS ARE ATTEMPTED. A SE COND TRACTOR WAS BEING DRIVEN BY A CO-WORKER. HE STATED TO THE POLICE THAT BOTH TRACTORS WERE TRAVELLING SOUTH ON ARIZONA AVENUE (CHANDLER, ARIZONA) AT 20 MILES PER HOUR. THE OPERATOR OF THE OVERTURNED TRACTOR WAS DRIVING WITH HIS RIGHT HAN D ON THE WHEEL AND A SOFT DRINK CAN IN HIS LEFT HAND. THE BRAKE PEDALS (LEFT AND RIGHT) WERE NOT LOCKED TOGETHER. THE DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A U-TURN WHE N THE UNIT OVERTURNED, PINNING THE OPERATOR UNDER THE SEAT AND AXLE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 25 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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