OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221657588

BEVILL VINEYARD MANAGEMENT, LLC.

HEALDSBURG, CA· 2024-04-15T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Crushed, Driving, Equipment Operator, Falling Object, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Hill, Motor Vehicle, Overturn, Road, Roll-Over, Seat Belt, Steep Grade, Towing, Tractor, Unstable Load
NAICS: 111332
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347414369
Employer profile: BEVILL VINEYARD MANAGEMENT, LLC.
Summary number: 221657588
Report ID: 0950615

Event description

Employee dies from crushing injuries when tractor rolls over

Investigation abstract

At 8:45 a.m. on April 15, 2024, an employee working as a heavy equipment operator for a vineyard was operating a John Deere Model 5083EN on a terraced vineyard. The employee was driving the tractor while towing a trailer loaded with dead grape vines on a steep dirt road. The tractor overturned on the employee and fell on top of him crushing him. California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the County Fire Department responded to the site, but the employee had died from multiple blunt force trauma.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 28 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
856

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