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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14431860

WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STEEP GRADE,CRUSHED,TRACTOR,UNMANNED,UNSTABLE POSITION

Event
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STEEP GRADE,CRUSHED,TRACTOR,UNMANNED,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection
No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number
14431860
Report ID
830100

Event description

Employee killed when crushed against tree by tractor

Investigation abstract

A Ford 9N tractor rolled backward off the side of a road. The roadbank was incli ned approximately 60 degrees and the tractor rolled about 80 ft from the road be fore it lodged against a tree. Employee #1 was attempting to move the tractor aw ay from the tree when it rolled backward, crushing his upper body against the tr ee. He was killed.

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 59 M

    Nature of injury
    21
    Part of body
    19
    Event type
    2
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    1
    Environmental factor
    8
    Task assigned
    1

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