OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14476196

EXCAVATION,ROLL-OVER,CRUSHED,TRACTOR,BACKHOE,UNSTABLE POSITION

1984-04-17T00:00:00

Event: EXCAVATION,ROLL-OVER,CRUSHED,TRACTOR,BACKHOE,UNSTABLE POSITION
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14476196
Report ID: 522000

Event description

BACKHOE ROLLED OVER ONTO EMPLOYEE

Investigation abstract

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A JOHN DEERE MODEL 440 TRACTOR WITH A FRONT END LOADER AND BACKHOE ATTACHMENT. HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO DEPOSIT AN OLD FOLDING PARTITION I NTO AN EXCAVATION WHEN THE TRACTOR ROLLED OVER, THROWING THE EMPLOYEE INTO THE E XCAVATION. THE TRACTOR THEN ROLLED INTO THE EXCAVATION, LANDING ON TOP OF THE EM PLOYEE. THE EMPLOYEE WAS CRUSHED. NO PULSE WAS FOUND BY THE FIRST PERSON ON SITE . THE TRACTOR WAS PLACED ON TERRAIN SLOPING ABOUT 10 DEGREES TOWARD THE EXCAVATI ON, RATHER THAN BEING POSITIONED WITH THE SLOPE TO GAIN BETTER STABILITY.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 23 M

Nature of injury
21

Part of body
19

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
10

Environmental factor
8

Task assigned
1

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