OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14240501
T.C. MANNING,DBA MANNING MOWER SERVICE
PORT AVENUE, TX·
Event description
Employee killed when run over by tractor and bushhog
Investigation abstract
Employee #1, age 72, was on a tractor, mowing grass along a slope, when he dismo unted to move a water hose that was in his path. The tractor may have been turne d off, but it started to move slowly, and as Employee #1 attempted to get back o n, the front wheels suddenly turned downhill. Employee #1 was run over by the tr actor's tire(s) and then by the attached bushhog, which punctured his abdomen, k illing him. The brake had only been partially set, and Employee #1 had misjudged the situation when he attempted to remount the moving tractor.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 72 Male
- Nature of injury
- Cut/Laceration (7)
- Part of body
- ABDOMEN (1)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MACHINE (26)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- CATCH POINT/PUNCTURE ACTION (2)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.