OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #764332
AGRICULTURE,WORK RULES,TRACTOR,ENTANGLED,TILLER
Event description
EMPLOYEE ENTANGLED IN AND KILLED BY TRACTOR POWERED TILLER
Investigation abstract
ON NOVEMBER 3, 1987, AT APPROXIMATELY 12:06 PM, EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TILLING A FIELD FOR NEW PLANTING, USING A TRACTOR MOUNTED TILLER. HE WAS WORKING ALONE. HE WAS F OUND, DEAD, ENTANGLED IN THE TILLER. IT IS NOT KNOWN HOW HE BECAME ENTANGLED.
Victim
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#1 Fatality Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 7
- Part of body
- 4
- Event type
- 2
- Source
- 26
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 1
- Environmental factor
- 2
- Task assigned
- 1
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