OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14518419
ROLL-OVER,SPEEDING,WORK RULES,ROPS,CONSTRUCTION,CRUSHED,TRACTOR
Event description
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYEE KILLED IN TRACTOR ROLL-OVER
Investigation abstract
ON MARCH 5, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS OPERATING A FORD F-2000 FARM TRACTOR (MANUFACU TH. RED IN 1963 OR 64), BACK FILLING 2 FOOT-DEEP TRENCHES LAID WITH TELEPHONE LINES. HE HAD BEEN OPERATING THE TRACTOR FOR ABOUT A MONTH. ACCORDING TO ANOTHER WORKE R, EMPLOYEE #1 HAD BEEN QUITE CAUTIOUS UP UNTIL THE WEEK OF THE ACCIDENT. THE TR ACTOR WAS TOO OLD TO BE ROPS EQUIPPED. AROUND 5 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS INSTRUCTED T O DRIVE THE TRACTOR UP THE ROAD AND PARK IT. HE DRIVE INTO A CUL-DE-SAC AND CAME OUT AT EXCESSIVE SPEED. HE WAS STOPPED BY THE SUPERVISOR AND TOLD TO SLOW DOWN. HE TOOK OFF, AGAIN AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED, AND TURNED THJE TRACTOR OVER WHILE ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN. THE TRACTOR LANDED ON EMPLOYEE #1 AND CRUSHED HIM TO DEA
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 22 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 19
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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