OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #764027
FRACTURE,ASPHYXIATED,BRAKE,UNSECURED,AGRICULTURE,WORK RULES,RIB,TRAILER,RUN OVER
Event description
FARM WORKER RUN OVER BY TRACTOR-TOWED TRAILER
Investigation abstract
ON JULY 6, 1987 AT APPROXIMATELY 6:15 AM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS PREPARING TO CONNECT T ED BROKEN RIBS AND DIED AS A RESULT OF TRAUMATIC ASPHYXIA DUE TO A SEVERE CHEST COMPRESSION. HE HOSE FROM A 500 GALLON WATER TANK (MOUNTED ON A 4 X 8 SINGLE AXLE TRAILER, TO WED BY A 1974 JOHN DEERE 4 WHEEL 1020 TRACTOR) TO A SPRAYER. EMPLOYEE #1 WALKED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRAILER. THE TRACTOR ABD TRAILER BEGAN TO SLOWLY ROLL D OWNHILL. A WITNESS STATED THAT HE SAW EMPLOYEE #1 RUNNING ALONG THE RIGHT SIDE O F THE TRACTOR AS IF TRYING TO APPLY THE BRAKES WITH HIS HANDS. EMPLOYEE #1 LOST HIS FOOTING AND FELL TO THE GROUND. HE BECAME ENTANGLED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE WAT ER TRAILER AND WAS DRAGGED APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 FEET ON THE DIRT ROAD. HIS CHE ST WAS PINNED BETWEEN THE GROUND AND THE AXLE OF THE TRAILER. EMPLOYEE #1 SUFFER
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 31 M
- Nature of injury
- 21
- Part of body
- 5
- Event type
- 1
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 4
- Task assigned
- 1
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