OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14523781
CENTRAL OHIO LAWN CARE DBA KELLER ENVIRONMENTAL
COLUMBUS, OH·
Event description
Employee killed when crushed by overturned tractor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was mowing with a Denty D4506 tractor that had an HD315 Woods Batwin g mower. The entire mowing area was flat except for a storage building covered w ith dirt and grass that created a steep hill. Employee #1 started up to the stee p hill, but the tractor turned over onto him, crushing him. He died of mechanica l asphyxia. No ROPS structure was on the tractor.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 Male
- Nature of injury
- Asphyxia (2)
- Part of body
- CHEST (5)
- Accident type
- CAUGHT IN OR BETWEEN (2)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE(INDUS) (30)
- Occupation
- Occupation not reported (999)
- Human factor
- EQUIP. INAPPROPR FOR OPERATION (6)
- Environmental factor
- CATCH POINT/PUNCTURE ACTION (2)
- 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.