OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14440911
WILLIAMSON ORCHARDS, INC.
CALDWELL, ID·
Event description
ORCHARD TRACTOR ROLLED OVER, PINNING DRIVER AGAINST GROUND
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 WAS USING A 1968 MASSEY FERGUSON, MODEL 135 ORCHARD TRACTOR (LOW PRO FILE) TO MOVE A FLATBED TANDEM-AXLE TRAILER DOWN A DIRT ROAD FROM ONE ORCHARD TO ANOTHER. THE TRACTOR RAN UP A 4 FOOT EMBANKMENT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE ROAD, T HEN ROLLED OVER TO THE RIGHT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE TRACTOR AND THE ROAD, AND DIED OF ASPHYXIA (SUFFOCATION). HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE WILLIAMSON ORC HARDS OF CALDWELL, IDAHO.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 45 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 8
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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