OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14497119
WORK RULES,FALL,TRACTOR,RUN OVER,BUSH HOG,INATTENTION,UNSTABLE POSITION
Event description
Employee killed when run over by bush hog
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a farm-type Massey Ferguson tractor with a 10 ft wide or something behind him without holding onto the tractor. bush hog mower behind it. For some reason, he apparently backed up the tractor, stopped, and was either standing up or leaning back over the seat. The tractor w as in a forward gear and from the tire marks it appears that it suddenly started , as would happen if the employee's foot slipped off the clutch pedal. Employee #1 apparently fell backward over the seat and down between the tractor and bush hog. The bush hog ran over Employee #1, who sustained fatal injuries. A beverage can was found that had also been run over by the bush hog. It is believed that Employee #1 had a beverage can in one hand and was doing something or reaching f
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 27 M
- Nature of injury
- 6
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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