OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #888974
WORK RULES,CONSTRUCTION,STARTED IN GEAR,ABRASION,RUN OVER,SWEEPER,CONTUSION,LEG
Event description
Employee's legs injured when run over by tractor sweeper
Investigation abstract
At approximately 1:15 p.m. on February 1, 1989, Employee #1, a laborer, was aske d by his foreman to move a tractor sweeper. When he went over to move the sweepe r he found that a coworker was already moving it. The coworker asked Employee #1 to see if the tractor was still in gear. The employee had stepped between the r ear tires to check the gear shift when the coworker's foot slipped off the clutc h, causing the tractor's right rear tire to run over Employee #1's legs. He sust ained bruises and abrasions but was not hospitalized.
Victim
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#1 Non-hospitalized injury Age 21 M
- Nature of injury
- 3
- Part of body
- 16
- Event type
- 14
- Source
- 43
- Occupation code
- 999
- Human factor
- 18
- Environmental factor
- 18
- Task assigned
- 1
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