OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14237820
ROLL-OVER,ROPS,CONSTRUCTION,STEEP GRADE,CRUSHED,TRACTOR,LOST CONTROL
Event description
CONSTRUCTION TRACTOR ROLLED OVER, KILLING DRIVER
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A FARM TYPE TRACTOR, PULLING A WOBBLE WHEEL ROLLER ON A WINDROW OF GRAVEL, OR HE COULD HAVE JUMPED OFF. HE DID NEITHER. A ROAD CONSTRUCTION SITE. HE WAS TRAVELLING DOWNHILL ON A 12% GRADE WHEN HE APPA RENTLY LOST CONTROL OF THE TRACTOR. THE TRACTOR STARTED PICKING UP SPEED, SWERVE D SEVERAL TIMES, PASSED BY SOME OTHER VEHICLES AND MANAGED TO MAKE IT AROUND A C OUPLE OF CURVES. THE TRACTOR THEN ROLLED OVER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THROWN TO THE GRO UND, THEN STRUCK AND CRUSHED BY THE ROLLER. HE TRAVELLED ABOUT 2400 FEET BETWEEN THE POINT WHERE HE LOST CONTROL AND THE POINT THAT HE TURNED OVER. DURING THAT TRAVEL, THE GRADE VARIED FROM 12% TO ABOUT 5%. THE OPERATOR HAD WORKED ON THE SA ME HILL THAT MORNING, AND THE DAY BEFORE. HE COULD HAVE STEERED THE TRACTOR INTO
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 20 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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