OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #821413

WILLIAMSON'S NURSERY, INC.

ELLICOTT CITY, MD· 1987-11-04T00:00:00

Event: WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, STEEP GRADE, CRUSHED, SKULL, SHARP TURN, TRACTOR, OVERTURN
NAICS: 000000
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #18843698
Employer profile: WILLIAMSON'S NURSERY, INC.
Summary number: 821413
Report ID: 352440

Event description

Employee killed when crushed by overturned tractor

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was working alone for his father and mother, who owned the company. He was driving alongside a steep grassy hillside in a Kubota I-245 DT tractor, s erial #I 245D-51736, 25 HP, engine model #DH1101-A, preparing to spread fertiliz er. He made a right turn to go uphill and the tractor rolled to the left, rollin g over him and crushing his skull. He was killed. Employee #1 supervised his own operations and no comparable worker was available to be interviewed. The family -owned business employed only their two sons, one of whom was Employee #1.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 35 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
484

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
13

Hazardous substance
8880

Task assigned
1

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