OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14336853
LACERATION,SEAT BELT,TRACTOR,POWER TAKE-OFF,BUSH HOG
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED IN FALL FROM TRACTOR
Investigation abstract
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on September 19, 1989, Employee #1 was mowing the rou lated the employee, killing him. The employee was not wearing the seat belt prov ided. gh brush adjacent to the airport runway using a John Deere tractor, Model Number 2550 and a "bush hog". Employee #1 was thrown from the tractor when the left fr ont wheel dropped into a wash out 4 ft deep. The tractor continued on, moving in a circle to the left. The circle was 117 ft in diameter. The tractor returned t o near its original track, running over the employee who became lodged under the left bottom wing of the "bush hog". As the tractor moved forward a short distan ce both front wheels dropped in to another 4 ft deep wash out and became stuck. The power take-off on the tractor continued to operate the "bush hog" which muti
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 42 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 5
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 13
- Task assigned
- 1
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