OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14256390
EMBANKMENT,ROLL-OVER,ROPS,CRUSHED,TRACTOR
Event description
TRACTOR ROLLED OVER, CRUSHING EMPLOYEE
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AS A TEMPORARY LABORER FOR A PAVING AND GRADING COMPANY. EMPLOYEE #1 BEGAN OPERATING A LONG FARM TRACTOR, MODEL 152, WITH A 6 FOOT SWEEP ER ATTACHED TO THE REAR OF THE TRACTOR. THE TRACTOR DID NOT HAVE A ROLLOVER PROT ECTIVE STRUCTURE INSTALLED. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING THE TRACTOR, SWEEPING DIRT OFF THE PAVEMENT ON THE NORTH SIDE OF HIGHWAY 73. THE TRACTOR APPARENTLY LEFT T HE ROAD AT APPROXIMATELY A 45 DEGREE ANGLE. IT TRAVELED DOWN A 13 FOOT EMBANKMEN T, TURNING UPSIDE DOWN AND CRUSHING EMPLOYEE #1, WHO WAS STILL IN THE OPERATOR'S SEAT. HE DIED OF SUFFOCATION.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 18 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 594
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 2
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