OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #760041
HEAD,DITCH,STUCK,CONTROL LEVER,FOOT CONTROL,CONSTRUCTION,CAUGHT BETWEEN,NECK,TRACTOR,FALLING OBJECT
Event description
Employee killed under tractor's falling hydraulic arm
Investigation abstract
At approximately 8:45 a.m. on March 17, 1989, Employee #1 and coworkers were tra apparently came into contact with the control pedal, causing the arm to descend and catch Employee #1's neck in the pinch point. He was killed. veling to a job site in a company truck that went out of control and slid into a ditch. Employee #1 got into a Toyota Bobcat that the truck had been towing and tried to pull the truck out of the ditch. The Bobcat became stuck in the same di tch. Using the forks attached to the Bobcat, Employee #1 tried to maneuver out o f the ditch. Employee #1 had the hydraulically-operated arm of the Bobcat raised approximately parallel to the ground when he noticed the front right tire was o n a log and unable to get traction. He leaned forward, placing his head between the raised arm and the frame of the Bobcat. When moving, Employee #1's left foot
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 24 M
- Nature of injury
- 2
- Part of body
- 20
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 30
- Occupation code
- 564
- Human factor
- 10
- Environmental factor
- 1
- Task assigned
- 1
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