OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14497119
GREEN ACRES, INC.
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, AR·
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 Male
- Nature of injury
- Concussion (6)
- Part of body
- BODYSYSTEM (4)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE(INDUS) (30)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- POSITION INAPROPRIATE FOR TASK (10)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.