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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14243307

WHEEL,MAINTENANCE,PINNED,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CRUSHED,TRACTOR,RUN OVER,BACKHOE

Event
WHEEL,MAINTENANCE,PINNED,EQUIPMENT FAILURE,CRUSHED,TRACTOR,RUN OVER,BACKHOE
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14243307
Report ID
317000

Event description

Employee killed when crushed under backhoe tractor

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was operating a Ford backhoe tractor. The engine had stalled and the employee could not get it started because the battery was dead. Employee #1 dis mounted the tractor and went to the office to tell a coworker about the problem. The coworker told him to get a pickup truck and jumper cables and someone would be out to help him. Within minutes, another coworker came into the office and a sked that someone call an ambulance because Employee #1 was pinned under the tra ctor. He had been crushed by the wheel and killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 17 M

    Nature of injury
    12
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    1
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    4
    Task assigned
    2

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