OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14490890
THE DIMMOCK HILL GOLF COURSE
BINGHAMTON, NY·
Event description
EMPLOYEE KILLED WHEN TRACTOR OVERTURNED ONTO HIM
Investigation abstract
AT APPROXIMATELY 4:30 PM ON APRIL 6, 1988, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS SKIDDING A LOG UP AN INCLINE WHEN THE FRONT END OF THE TRACTOR HE WAS DRIVING STARTED TO LIFT OFF THE GROUND. EMPLOYEE #1 ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE TRACTOR BY DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH, BUT HIS FOOT MISSED THE CLUTCH. THE TRACTOR OVERTURNED BACKWARDS AND LANDED ON TOP OF HIM, KILLING HIM INSTANTLY.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 38 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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