OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14240501
ABDOMEN,BRAKE,WORK RULES,ELDERLY,TRACTOR,UNMANNED,BLADE,RUN OVER,SLOPE,PUNCTURE
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 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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