OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14336697
FRACTURE,RAMP,PINNED,TRACTOR,ARM,CONCUSSION,LEG,OVERTURN
Event description
ONE KILLED AND ONE INJURED WHEN ELECTRIC TRACTOR OVERTURNED
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 and Employee #2 were using an electric tractor to pull a cart of mai l on an airport ramp area. Tractor had just gone down a slight hill and was turn ing into a tunnel underneath the taxiway when the vehicle suddenly pulled to the right. Efforts to steer the vehicle back to the left failed and the vehicle str uck the tunnel wall and scraped along it. The tractor then tilted and rolled ove r one and a half times. Employee #1 was pinned under vehicle and suffered fatal injuries. Employee #2 was thrown clear sustaining injuries to right arm and left leg.
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 42 F
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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#2 Hospitalized Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 7
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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