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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14349187

FRACTURE,AGRICULTURE,TRACTOR,DROWN,LOST CONTROL,LEG

Event
FRACTURE,AGRICULTURE,TRACTOR,DROWN,LOST CONTROL,LEG
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14349187
Report ID
419400

Event description

TRACTOR RAN OFF LEVEE INTO CATFISH POND; DROWNED

Investigation abstract

ON OCTOBER 1, 1985, AT 1:30 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTRUCTED TO GO FEED CATFISH. H E DROVE AN INTERNATIONAL FARM TRACTOR (SERIAL NUMBER 13828 Y-AA), WITH A FEEDER ATTACHMENT, TO THE CATFISH FEED HOPPPER. WITH THE FEEDER FULL OF CATFISH FOOD, E MPLOYEE #1 PROCEEDED TOWARD THE LEVEE FOR POND #1. EMPLOYEE #1 DROVE THE TRACTOR AND FEEDER INTO POND #1. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FOUND TWO DAYS LATER, DROWNED, IN POND #1. EMPLOYEE #1'S LOWER RIGHT LEG WAS ALSO FRACTURED.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 64 M

    Nature of injury
    2
    Part of body
    4
    Event type
    5
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    8
    Environmental factor
    13
    Task assigned
    1

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