OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #828749

REPAIR,JUMP START,WORK RULES,STARTED IN GEAR,TRACTOR,RUN OVER

1987-06-09T00:00:00

Event: REPAIR,JUMP START,WORK RULES,STARTED IN GEAR,TRACTOR,RUN OVER
Linked inspection: No inspection record linked to this accident's victims.
Summary number: 828749
Report ID: 751910

Event description

Employee killed when run over by tractor

Investigation abstract

Employee #1 was attempting to jump start a farm tractor for repair. He crossed t erminals on the starter. The tractor, which was in forward gear, started and ran over him. Employee #1 was killed.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 56 M

Nature of injury
6

Part of body
13

Event type
1

Source
30

Occupation code
503

Human factor
1

Environmental factor
4

Task assigned
1

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