OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221380389
CHESTNUT EVENT SERVICES
FULTON, NY·
Event description
Employee is killed when struck by compact tractor
Investigation abstract
At 02:30 p.m. on August 05, 2021, an employee was directing a compact tractor driven by a coworker toward a building while transporting a 55-gallon drum of liquid chlorine. The coworker tipped the bucket instead of lowering it and the drum pinned the employee against a masonry wall. The coworker attempted to back away and inadvertently drove forward, striking the employee in the chest with front edge of the steel bucket, pinning the employee against the wall. The employee was killed.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 50 M
- Event type
- 1
- Occupation code
- 843
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