OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #758623
HYDRAULIC LIFT,STRUCK BY,TRACTOR
Event description
EMPLOYEE STRUCK AND KILLED BY TOOL BAR
Investigation abstract
At approximately 4:10 pm on April 24, 1989, Employee #1was helping another setup injury. Employee #1 was pronounced dead by the coroner at the scene. man install a cultivator tool bar on a tractor. The driver backed the tractor a nd hooked the hydraulic lift to the tool bar and raised the tool bar off of the ground. One of the hydraulic lift arms did not engage properly and the tool bar tilted backward. Employee #1 was standing approximately five feet behind the too l bar and walked forward to try to prevent the tool bar from falling. The driver lowered the hydraulic arms attempting to stabilize the tool bar. As the tool ba r was lowered it fell forward. Employee #1 apparently slipped and fell forward h itting his head on the top cross channel of the tool bar causing a massive head
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 67 M
- Nature of injury
- 12
- Part of body
- 13
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 28
- Occupation code
- 864
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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