OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14341739
EASTGATE FARMS INC.
PAHOKEE, FL·
Event description
TRACTOR DRIVER FOUND IN CANAL ABOARD A TRACTOR
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TO MEET HIS SUPERVISOR FOR LUNCH. HE FAILED TO SHOW UP. THE SUPE RVISOR WAITED ABOUT 15 MINUTES, THEN DROVE BACK TO THE WORK SITE TO SEE WHAT HAD DETAINED EMPLOYEE #1. AS HE APPROACHED THE WORK AREA, HE NOTICED THE WHEELS OF EMPLOYEE #1'S TRACTOR STICKING OUT OF A CANAL. HE WENT IN THE CANAL AND SAW EMPL OYEE #1 STILL SITTING IN THE SEAT, STRADDLING THE TRANSMISSION. THE TIME ELAPSED WAS NOT LESS THAN 10 MINUTES FROM WHEN THE TRACTOR AND EMPLOYEE #1 WENT INTO TH E CANAL. THE EMPLOYER BELIEVES THAT THE EMPLOYEE PROBABLY SUFFERED A HEART ATTAC K.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 30 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 12
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 14
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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