OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #692228
GRAND VIEW, INC.
HAMPTON, VA·
Event description
Employee killed by overturned tractor
Investigation abstract
Employee #1 was using a 30 hp International diesel tractor to pull loose a bulld ozer that was stuck at Grandview Beach. He hooked the tractor to the bulldozer b ut before the operator could get the bulldozer in gear, Employee #1 started pull ing. The front of the tractor rose up at an angle. When the bulldozer operator s aw this, he said that he stood up and yelled to Employee #1 to release the clutc h. At about the same time, the tractor flipped over backward on top of Employee #1, crushing and killing him.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 33 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 486
- Human factor
- 6
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 2
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