OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14478184
MAINECOAL INC.
HALLOWELL, ME·
Event description
EMPLOYEE ASPHYXIATED; PINNED BETWEEN TRACTOR AND SNOW BANK
Investigation abstract
EMPLOYEE #1 DISMOUNTED FROM A TRACTOR WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING AND THE GEAR SHIFT IN LOW GEAR. HE INTENDED TO PICK UP HIS HAT, WHICH HAD FALLEN TO THE GROUND. AS THE TRACTOR CAME CLOSE TO HIM, HE TRIED TO MOUNT IT OVER THE FRONT, BUT FELL TO THE GROUND. THE TRACTOR PUSHED HIM INTO A SNOWBANK, WHERE HE WAS PINNED AND ASP HYXIATED DUE TO PRESSURE ON HIS CHEST.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 15 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 4
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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