OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14453674
WORK RULES,ROPS,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,TRACTOR,SLOPE,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee killed when tractor overturns
Investigation abstract
At approximately 2:23 p.m. on May 15, 1984, Employee #1 was operating a Deutz ag ricultural tractor off Interstate 380 North. He turned the tractor east down the 2.86-degree slope, then was turning 90 degrees to face north again when the tra ctor overturned. Employee #1 was crushed and killed. The tractor was not equippe d with ROPS.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 32 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 859
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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