OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14342463
AGRICULTURE,ROLL-OVER,WORK RULES,ROPS,CRUSHED,MIRED,TRACTOR
Event description
CRUSHED BENEATH OVERTURNING FARM TRACTOR
Investigation abstract
AT THE END OF A WORK SHIFT, A TRACTOR TOWING A CABBAGE PLANTING MACHINE BECAME S MUCH HIGHER THAN THE TOW BAR. EMPLOYEE #1 SAID, "YA", SO THE OTHER EMPLOYEE HOOK ED THE OTHER END OF THE CHAIN TO THE FRONT OF HIS (STUCK) TRACTOR. DURING THE FI RST ATTEMPT TO FREE THE STUCK TRACTOR, THE FRONT OF THE PULLING TRACTOR CAME OFF THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 "BACKED OFF". ON THE SECOND, MORE VIGOROUS ATTEMPT, EMP LOYEE #1'S TRACTOR OVERTURNED TO THE REAR. THE TRACTOR LANDED ON TOP OF EMPLOYEE #1 AND CRUSHED HIM TO DEATH. TUCK IN SOFT, WET SOIL. RECENT RAINS HAD CAUSED SEVERAL INCIDENCES OF STUCK FARM MACHINERY THAT DAY. EMPLOYEE #1, OPERATING A 1968 OLIVER TRACTOR, MODEL 465-222 36, SERIAL NUMBER 215696488, NOTICED THE STUCK TRACTOR AND OFFERED TO ASSIST. HI S TRACTOR WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A SEATBELT OR ROPS. HE DID, HOWEVER, HAVE 23 YEA RS OF EXPERIENCE OPERATING FARM MACHINES FOR THIS EMPLOYER. HE BACKED HIS TRACTO R INTO POSITION TO PULL THE OTHER TRACTOR OUT. THE OPERATOR OF THE STUCK TRACTOR , WHILE UNWINDING THE TOW CHAIN FROM EMPLOYEE #1'S TRACTOR'S LIFT ARMS, ASKED IF HE COULD LEAVE THE CHAIN ATTACHED TO THE LIFT ARMS. THE LIFT ARMS WERE LOCATED
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 63 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 6
- Task assigned
- 1
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