Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025
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OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14435051

C.J. RITCHIE FARMS

Event
FELL ASLEEP, AGRICULTURE, WORK RULES, TRACTOR, RUN OVER
NAICS
000000
Inspection type
Accident-driven
Activity number
#101770683
Employer profile
C.J. RITCHIE FARMS
Summary number
14435051
Report ID
931500

Event description

Employee killed when run over by tractor and trailer

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 had finished working and was sleeping between the rows of plants in a cotton field. A coworker, who was removing water pipes, was driving a tractor with an attached trailer to hold the pipes. He ran over Employee #1, killing him .

Victim

  1. #1 Fatality Age 36 M

    Nature of injury
    3
    Part of body
    14
    Event type
    6
    Source
    30
    Occupation code
    999
    Human factor
    18
    Environmental factor
    18
    Hazardous substance
    8880
    Task assigned
    2

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