OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14224448
HARMONY HOLLOW ORCHARDS
FRONT ROYAL, VA·
Event description
EMPLOYEE ASPHYXIATED WHEN TRACTO ROLLS ONTO HIM
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on May 3, 1986, Employee #1 was laying on the ground working on belts of a Ford Motor Corporation LV500 Speedsprayer Serial # 625479 which was attached to a John Deere 2480 Tractor Serial # 2567351. The back wheel s of the tractor were up on four inch high wooden blocks. The tractor rolled bac kward, off the blocks, and pinned Employee #1 under the sprayer causing him to d ie of asphyxiation.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 77 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 473
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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