OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #893834
HILL COUNTRY ASSOCIATES
PHILOMONT, VA·
Event description
Two employees killed when tractor overturns
Investigation abstract
Employees #1 and #2 were moving between 21 and 25 oak fencing boards, each 4 in. actor flipped over backward. Both employees died of head injuries. by 6 in. by 16 ft, from an area 100 yd off a roadway to another area 5 yd off t he roadway. They were dragging the boards behind a Ford 9N138 tractor using a lo gging chain wrapped around the boards on one end and hooked to a towing rig atta ched to the rear-end housing of the tractor. The ground surface was very wet and muddy, and a rutted trail had been created through continuous use on the gradua lly sloping terrain. Employee #1 was driving the tractor and Employee #2 was sta nding on the rear-end housing with his buttocks on the left side fender. They we re headed northwest down the slope and through a very low muddy area when the tr
Victims (2)
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#1 Fatality Age 29 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE(INDUS) (30)
- Occupation
- Construction laborers (869)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
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#2 Fatality Age 18 Male
- Nature of injury
- Other (21)
- Part of body
- HEAD (13)
- Accident type
- STRUCK BY (1)
- Source of injury
- MOTOR VEHICLE(INDUS) (30)
- Occupation
- Construction laborers (869)
- Human factor
- MISJUDGMENT, HAZ. SITUATION (1)
- Environmental factor
- OTHER (18)
- Task assigned
- Task regularly assigned (1)
Labels are OSHA's own, from the code dictionary published with the accident-investigation file. The raw code is shown beside each one so this page can be reconciled against OSHA's bulk data. OSHA notes that nature of injury, part of body, source of injury and accident type in this file are not coded to the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System, and that the occupation titles are not standardised — so these values are not directly comparable with the OIICS-coded severe injury reports.