OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14516801
BONITA PACKING COMPANY INCORPORATED-FARM DIVISION
MYAKKA CITY, FL·
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK BY DUMP TRUCK IN A TOMATO FIELD
Investigation abstract
A CREW OF SEVEN FARM WORKERS WAS PICKING UP TRASH IN A TOMATO FIELD. AFTER THE D UMP TRUCK THEY WERE USING WAS FILLED IT WAS TAKEN TO A DUMP AREA AND EMPTIED. ON THE RETURN TRIP, THE DRIVER APPARENTLY OVERSHOT THE TURN INTO THE FIELD, DROVE INTO THE TOMATO ROWS AND RAN DOWN ONE OF THE WORKERS STANDING THERE. THE WORKER HAD EITHER "FROZEN" IN FRONT OF THE TRUCK, OR HAD MOVED INTO ITS PATH. HE WAS FA TALLY INJURED. THE TRUCK'S BRAKES WERE FOUND TO BE INOPERABLE.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 46 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 479
- Human factor
- 9
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Hazardous substance
- 8880
- Task assigned
- 1
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