OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221685985

LARRY HERBERT NICKEL FARM

IDA, MI— 2024-07-20T00:00:00

Event: Abdomen, Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Arm, Attachment, Automotive Repair, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Contusion, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Fracture, Gear, Hand Tool, Head, Hip, Jump Start, Laceration, Leg, Lost Control, Lung, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Puncture, Puncture Wound, Repair, Run Over, Started In Gear, Struck By, Tiller, Tractor, Unsafe Position, Vehicle In Gear, Wheel, Wrong Equipment
NAICS: 115112
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347640898
Employer profile: LARRY HERBERT NICKEL FARM
Summary number: 221685985
Report ID: 0552652

Event description

Employee dies from multiple blunt force when run over by tra

Investigation abstract

On July 20, 2024, an employee working as a farm worker at a farm was attempting to jump start a 1973 John Deere 4430-SG tractor using a screwdriver while the tractor was in gear. The tractor began to travel forward and run over the employee. The employee died from multiple blunt force injuries from being struck by the rear wheels of the tractor and the tillage implement attached to the rear.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 81 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
479

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