OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14526438
AGRICULTURE,CANAL,TRACTOR,DROWN
Event description
EMPLOYEE DROVE A FARM TRACTOR INTO A CANAL
Investigation abstract
A WORKING FOREMAN, WITH 20 YEARS EXPERIENCE, DROVE A 1981 JOHN DEERE 8440 FARM T RNING. THE TRACTOR, WHICH WAS EQUIPPED WITH AN INSULATED AIR CONDITIONED CAB, WI TH ROPS AND SEAT BELTS, WAS TRAVELING IN THE B-4 GEAR RANGE. THIS PROVIDES A MAX IMUM SPEED OF 10 TO 11 MPH. A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE JOHN DEERE DEALERSHIP WHICH RESTORED THE TRACTOR SAID THAT THERE WERE NO PROBLEMS WITH THE STEERING OR BRAKI NG SYSTEMS, OTHER THAN NORMAL WEAR. RACTOR (SERIAL NUMBER 002013) INTO A CANAL. THE CANAL WAS ABOUT 10 FEET DEEP AND 20 FEET WIDE. IT RAN PARALLEL TO A WELL-MAINTAINED SHELL ROAD UPON WHICH EMPLOY EE #1 WAS DRIVING. THERE WERE NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT, WHICH OCURRED ON A C LEAR, SUNNY DAY. POLICE PHOTOS OF THE TRACTOR'S TIRE TRACKS REVEALED A SLIGHT AN GLE OF TRAVEL FROM ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD TO THE POINT WHERE THE TRACTOR E NTERED THE CANAL. THE TRACTOR HAD TRAVELLED ABOUT 300 FEET AT THIS SLIGHT ANGLE, FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THERE WERE NO SKID MARKS OR OTHER ABNORMALITIES IN THE TIRE TRACKS INDICATIVE OF BRAKE APPLICATION, CHANGE OF TRAVEL DIRECTION OR ABRUPT TU
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 51 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 28
- Event type
- 8
- Source
- 41
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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