OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14273189

WHEEL,MAINTENANCE,AGRICULTURE,HARVESTER,CRUSHED,SKULL,SHARP TURN,RUN OVER,INATTENTION,LEG

1988-09-25T00:00:00

Event: WHEEL,MAINTENANCE,AGRICULTURE,HARVESTER,CRUSHED,SKULL,SHARP TURN,RUN OVER,INATTENTION,LEG
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14273189
Report ID: 111100

Event description

16-year-old employee dies when run over by potato harvester

Investigation abstract

Employee #1, age 16, of Guerrette Farms, Caribou, ME, was working behind a potat o harvester. He had walked over to the right side of the harvester to pull potat o tops out of the machine when the harvester suddenly turned, trapping his leg u nder one of the wheels. He was completely run over, and died of a crushed skull.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 16 M

Nature of injury
12

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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