OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #14530091
PINNED,STRUCK AGAINST,CAUGHT BETWEEN,TREE,TRACTOR,OVERTURN
Event description
Employee dies after being pinned by overturned tractor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was operating a Ford S-series farm-type tractor equipped with a fron t end loader bucket. While the tractor was being operated with the bucket raised to its maximum height, the loader struck a tree, causing the front wheels to ri se up as the rear drive wheels continued turning. The tractor overturned backwar ds, and pinned Employee #1 between the metal seat and the frame of the tractor. Employee #1 was extricated by rescue equipment and personnel from the Salem, NH Fire Department. She was transported to Holy Family Hospital in Methuen, MA., wh ere she died the following day.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 28 F
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 1
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 27
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 8
- Task assigned
- 1
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