OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14300818
C&C-ROAD MAINTENANCE DIV, DPW
HONOLULU, HI·
Event description
Employee injured when out-of-control tractor crashes
Investigation abstract
Employee #, a trainee with 15 working days experience, was trying to get the fro nt tires of a tractor mower back on the road. A tree branch was under one of the rear tires; he tried to get free of it by moving forward a little bit. Employee #1 did not realize that the manual throttle was still in and put the tractor in forward gear. As a result he lost control of the tractor mower, which jumped th e curb and rolled 120 ft down a steep embankment, stopping when it struck an old car. The mower came to rest leaning toward its right side, but never tipped ove r. Employee #1 was able to dismount the tractor without assistance but was subse quently hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 3
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 889
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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