OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14523781

ASPHYXIATED,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,ROPS,STEEP GRADE,CRUSHED,TRACTOR,OVERTURN

1989-06-07T00:00:00

Event: ASPHYXIATED,EQUIPMENT OPERATOR,ROPS,STEEP GRADE,CRUSHED,TRACTOR,OVERTURN
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 14523781
Report ID: 522500

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

#1 Fatality Age 24 M

Nature of injury
2

Part of body
5

Event type
2

Source
30

Occupation code
999

Human factor
6

Environmental factor
2

Task assigned
1

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