Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 14214134 - Employee killed when crushed by bush hog

Accident Summary Nr: 14214134 -- Report ID: 0454713 -- Event Date: 07/19/1990
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
107885667	07/23/1990	0782	0	Blevins Clearing & Excavation

Abstract: Employee #1, a tractor operator, was mowing inside a guardrail along Highway 8 in McMinnville, TN, when he came upon a tree stump in his tractor path. He turned down a 35 ft bank to bypass it. The bank had a 36 degree slope and was covered with tall, wet grass. As the employee descended this bank, the bush hog apparently pushed the tractor, then broke loose when the tractor flipped or overturned. The employee either jumped or fell from the tractor and the bush hog rolled over him and pinned him to the ground. Employee #1 died of crushing injuries to his chest.

Keywords: CHEST, EMBANKMENT, PINNED, ROLL-OVER, STEEP GRADE, CRUSHED, SLIPPERY SURFACE, TRACTOR, BUSH HOG, OVERTURN

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107885667			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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