OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14465017
RICHARD NESS EXCATING CO INC
HUNTINGTON, IN·
Event description
EMPLOYEE CRUSHED TO DEATH BY OVERTURNING FARM TRACTOR
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 7:25 AM ON JANUARY 6, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WE RE LOADING A FORD MODEL 860 FARM TRACTOR ONTO A TAG TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPE RATING THE TRACTOR FROM A STANDING POSITION. HE RAN IT OFF THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRAILER. AS THE TRACTOR BEGAN TIPPING, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DUMPED OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE. HE LANDED ON HIS BACK. THE TRACTOR CONTINUED OVERTURNING OFF THE TRAILER A ND LANDED, UPSIDE DOWN, ON EMPLOYEE #1. HE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 37 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 869
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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