Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 121539.015 - Employee suffers back injury in mower rollover

Accident Summary Nr: 121539.015 -- Report ID: 0551701 -- Event Date: 09/10/2019
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1432264.015	09/12/2019		921190	Il Dept. Of Transportation - Stevenson Yard

Abstract: At 10:00 a.m. on September 10, 2019, an employee was mowing extremely high vegetation along an expressway in a John Deere tractor and mower. Due to the vegetation being overgrown, the employee couldn't see and was unaware of a water trench along the side of the incline. The tires on the tractor sank into the water trench creating an uneven surface and causing the tractor and mower to tip. The tractor tipped over onto its side and trapped the employee inside of the cab. The employee exited the tractor through the back window of the cab. While exiting the tractor cab, the employee injured his back. There was a tip meter inside the tractor. The employee was hospitalized to treat an injury to his vertebrae.

Keywords: Back, Lawn Mower, Strain, Tips Over, Tractor, Tractor--Truck, Trapped, Trench, Unstable Surface, Vertebra, Water

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1432264.015	39	M	Hospitalized injury		Highway Maintenance Worker

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