OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221733678

DIERSSEN CONTRACTING CORPORATION

ISLETON, CA— 2025-01-11T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Chain, Crushed, Driver, Driving, Equipment Operator, Falling Object, Laborer, Machine Shop, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Overturn, Pulling, Struck By, Towing, Tractor
NAICS: 236220
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347973505
Employer profile: DIERSSEN CONTRACTING CORPORATION
Summary number: 221733678
Report ID: 0950621

Event description

Employee is fatally injured when tractor overturns

Investigation abstract

At 10:55 a.m. on January 11, 2025, Employee #1 was working as a laborer for a general contractor and was instructed to move two Oliver Super 55 tractors into a covered shop area. Employee #1 was using one of the tractors to move the other tractor by using a chain connected to the rear of the tractors. Employee #1 tried to pull the first tractor, but the second tractor would not move. The employee backed up closer to the tractor and then accelerated very fast trying to get it to move. This caused the front end of the tractor he was operating to flip up and backwards before landing on Employee #1 and fatally injurying him.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 59 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
889

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