OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14461339
AGRICULTURE,ROLL-OVER,ROPS,STEEP GRADE,SEAT BELT,TRACTOR,LOST CONTROL
Event description
CRUSHED BY OVERTURNING TRACTOR
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 10:30 AM ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1984, TWO EMPLOYEES WERE RETURNING TO THEIR EMPLOYER'S HOME ON A TRACTOR (MANUFACTURED BEFORE OCTOBER 25, 1976). THEY WERE TRAVELLING ON A VERY NARROW, CURVY AND STEEP DIRT ROAD. THE DRIVER LOST CON TROL OF THE TRACTOR AND IT WENT DOWN A STEEP EMBANKMENT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CRUSHED AND KILLED. THE TRACTOR WAS NOT EQUIPPED WITH A ROPS AND SEAT BELT. ACCORDING T O THE EMPLOYER THE TRACTOR WAS BUILT PRIOR TO THE TIME THAT A ROPS AND SEAT BELT BECAME STANDARD EQUIPMENT.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 23 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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