OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221677826

WA317980750 - WASHINGTON ORCHARD MANAGEMENT LLC

WAPATO, WA· 2024-06-14T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Asphyxiated, Backing Up, Canal, Crushed, Driving, Embankment, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Lack of oxygen, Lung, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinned, ROPS, Respiratory, Respiratory Tract, Roll-Over, Seat Belt, Slope, Tractor, Unstable Soil
NAICS: 115116
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #347561243
Employer profile: WA317980750 - WASHINGTON ORCHARD MANAGEMENT LLC
Summary number: 221677826
Report ID: 1055350

Event description

Employee dies from asphyxia and crushing injuries when tract

Investigation abstract

At 10:30 a.m. on June 14, 2024, an employee working for a farm management service was operating a tractor close in the edge of large canal. The employee was tasked with moving cherry bins out of the orchard rows. The employee was backing the tractor into a row when he went forward and got very close to the edge of the road. The soil gave way and the tractor slid 17 feet down an embankment causing the tractor to rollover. The employee was pinned by the tractor and crushed as a result. The tractor was equipped with ROPs, but it was retracted, and the employee was not wearing a seatbelt. The employee died from multiple crush injuries including asphyxia.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
999

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