OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14243307
MILLER'S SERVICE CENTER
HONEY BROOK, PA·
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
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#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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